The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.
— Martin Buber, born in 1878
There’s so much to the story that it would be an injustice to try to describe in just a few sentences here. It should be read in full. Every organisation is infiltrated by psychos who should never be leaders …‘Extreme burnout’: 1 in 5 Australians quit their job last year, says NABCharlotte Grieve is aware of ruthless leaders
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COVID-19 Pandemic Continues To Reshape Work in America
As more workplaces reopen, most teleworkers say they are working from home by choice rather than necessity – Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly six-in-ten U.S. workers who say their jobs can mainly be done from home (59%) are working from home all or most of the time. The vast majority of these workers (83%) say they were working from home even before the omicron variant started to spread in the United States, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
This marks a decline from October 2020, when 71% of those with jobs that could be done from home were working from home all or most of the time, but it’s still much higher than the 23% who say they teleworked frequently before the coronavirus outbreak. The impetus for working from home has shifted considerably since 2020.
Today, more workers say they are doing this by choice rather than necessity. Among those who have a workplace outside of their home, 61% now say they are choosing not to go into their workplace, while 38% say they’re working from home because their workplace is closed or unavailable to them. Earlier in the pandemic, just the opposite was true: 64% said they were working from home because their office was closed, and 36% said they were choosing to work from home.
For those who do have access to their workplaces but are opting to work mainly from home, their reasons for doing so have changed since fall 2020. Fewer cite concerns about being exposed to the coronavirus – 42% now vs. 57% in 2020 say this is a major reason they are currently working from home all or most of the time. And more say a preference for working from home is a major reason they’re doing so (76% now vs. 60% in 2020). There’s also been a significant increase since 2020 (from 9% to 17%) in the share saying the fact that they’ve relocated away from the area where they work is a major reason why they’re currently teleworking…”