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Whose Fault?

9 April 2023 by Victoria Lewis

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Whose Fault?

Perhaps it isn’t anyone’s fault but a wide range of factors but the Gallup research showing 70% of people in work are ’Actively disengaged’ means we need to worry.

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Is it the nature of the work?
Are the people underchallenged?
Are they mismanaged?

There is a myriad of issues. Which ones can we influence?

If you haven’t read the late David Graeber’s book ‘Bullshit Jobs’, it is worth making the effort.

Every job has boring bits, the elements which need to be done to allow us the scope to focus on the interesting aspects. Loading some people with nothing but the parts which are soul destroying will not help.


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Filed Under: News Tagged With: employment, older workforce, over 40

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