So, there is a new study out from Johns Hopkins on "Well-Being At Work". It came across my email feed and I thought people here might get a kick out of this doozy.
The study "highlights the decline in the climate of workplace well-being since the COVID-19 pandemic through a comprehensive analysis of more than 4.5 million survey respondents each year."
Yes, you read that correctly - the DECLINE in well-being since the end of the "deadly pandemic."
The press release about the study goes on to say,
"The overall findings show what many employees experienced in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: organizational leaders addressing the impact of this crisis by taking extra care to meet employee needs. The report shows that employees experienced a spike in the positive climate of well-being at the early periods of the pandemic. However, as workplaces transitioned back to pre-pandemic norms and more employees return to physical office spaces, the overall climate of well-being often regressed to the pre-pandemic level."
Reading between the lines, I think this study is focused on office workers and others who got to stay home during the "deadly pandemic", and not on the "essential workers" who had to continue working, often while breathing through damp cloth all day, in the early days of the "deadly pandemic". The former experienced lots of positive well-being, apparently.
I said years ago, here and elsewhere, that the laptop class looooved the "deadly pandemic" for just this reason. It was a giant vacation.
And now we have an Official Study by Qualified Experts telling us as much.
More at this link: https://carey.jhu.edu/wellbeing-at-work
I know we're trying to focus more on pro-active health and our own "well-being" these days....but I just had to share this one!
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I knew it....
Date: 2024-09-12 07:43 pm (UTC)The study "highlights the decline in the climate of workplace well-being since the COVID-19 pandemic through a comprehensive analysis of more than 4.5 million survey respondents each year."
Yes, you read that correctly - the DECLINE in well-being since the end of the "deadly pandemic."
The press release about the study goes on to say,
"The overall findings show what many employees experienced in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: organizational leaders addressing the impact of this crisis by taking extra care to meet employee needs. The report shows that employees experienced a spike in the positive climate of well-being at the early periods of the pandemic. However, as workplaces transitioned back to pre-pandemic norms and more employees return to physical office spaces, the overall climate of well-being often regressed to the pre-pandemic level."
Reading between the lines, I think this study is focused on office workers and others who got to stay home during the "deadly pandemic", and not on the "essential workers" who had to continue working, often while breathing through damp cloth all day, in the early days of the "deadly pandemic". The former experienced lots of positive well-being, apparently.
I said years ago, here and elsewhere, that the laptop class looooved the "deadly pandemic" for just this reason. It was a giant vacation.
And now we have an Official Study by Qualified Experts telling us as much.
More at this link: https://carey.jhu.edu/wellbeing-at-work
I know we're trying to focus more on pro-active health and our own "well-being" these days....but I just had to share this one!
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