That's brilliant Mark. My impression is that one key point that pervades many of these categories is (wage) theft. In other words, being asked to be "work ready" without being compensated at all or adequately. Unsurprisingly, this systematic robbery cum uncertainty makes us anxious, nervous, prone to disease, accidents and arguments with colleagues and family.
And below that is the inadequate staffing in many sectors and organisations, which is compensated for by such theft of time and work. I find the idea of flipping the script excellent, while remembering why the script is here in the first place. A few years ago, in a large hospital outside Paris where workers were complaining about staff shortages and threatening to take industrial action, management proudly "gave" them a full day training aimed at fixing the problem. Its subject was laughter therapy.
Hey Nicolas, good to hear from you. I think you are right to point to wage theft as a useful concept. In Europe it hasn't really caught on in the same way as in the US. Especially in policy circles, the concept of undeclared work still dominates.
Another pointyour raise regarding how management weaponises wellness is important to bear in mind. Employees are forced to manage themselves in all aspects. If you can't cope, it is lack of resilience etc.
Thanks for commenting and I look forward to engaging more discussion on this topic.
That's brilliant Mark. My impression is that one key point that pervades many of these categories is (wage) theft. In other words, being asked to be "work ready" without being compensated at all or adequately. Unsurprisingly, this systematic robbery cum uncertainty makes us anxious, nervous, prone to disease, accidents and arguments with colleagues and family.
And below that is the inadequate staffing in many sectors and organisations, which is compensated for by such theft of time and work. I find the idea of flipping the script excellent, while remembering why the script is here in the first place. A few years ago, in a large hospital outside Paris where workers were complaining about staff shortages and threatening to take industrial action, management proudly "gave" them a full day training aimed at fixing the problem. Its subject was laughter therapy.
Hey Nicolas, good to hear from you. I think you are right to point to wage theft as a useful concept. In Europe it hasn't really caught on in the same way as in the US. Especially in policy circles, the concept of undeclared work still dominates.
Another pointyour raise regarding how management weaponises wellness is important to bear in mind. Employees are forced to manage themselves in all aspects. If you can't cope, it is lack of resilience etc.
Thanks for commenting and I look forward to engaging more discussion on this topic.