“Microproductivity” seems more than a little dystopian, making it clear that companies see employees as pistons that must always be kept firing instead of as people who sometimes need to take a damn break.
Source: Microtasks Might Be the Future of White-Collar Work | WIRED
Non-compete clauses are bad for workers and bad for the economy. Full stop.
Companies hiring instead of investing in productivity-aiding technology because people are easier to fire than machines are to discard is some amoral rationale.
Source: The bad news about historically low unemployment – Axios
It’s not much and for the year we’re still in the black, but productivity took a hit last quarter. Also, can we stop with the idea that productivity gains allow for companies to raise wages? Because that’s demonstrably what’s not happening right now.
Source: U.S. work productivity falls for the first time in nearly 4 years | PBS NewsHour
Hope companies are happy allowing generations of future workers being raised under less than optimal conditions just because they can’t be bothered to make it more comfortable and easier for new mothers to pump.
Source: Breastfeeding mothers who feel unsupported at work produce less milk — Quartz at Work
Good tips here on managing remote workers in a way that reduces or eliminates the advantages those who are in the office often have.
Source: How proximity bias holds employees (and workplaces) back
Allowing more remote work situations could add billions to the economy and help many of those most vulnerable to job volatility.
Source: If more people worked remotely, it would boost the economy
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