E826: Stanford Prof Jeffrey Pfeffer: "Dying for a Paycheck" modern work toxicity & solutions

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"Dying for a Paycheck": Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer shares the dire consequences of toxicity in the modern workplace & solutions for improving employee health

[@SarkisDallakian]

I think this video needs two thumbs up ( I gave the 12). I went through 3 disaster recovery and manged to keep my sanity. I used to put my work on top of my priority list; now I put my health and my family on top of my priority list.

[@bcuz2975]

Thanks for sharing a real American Short coming in our work culture. We are taught to tough it out. Get up and rub dirt in the injury...compete until you drop... The cost on an individual level is too high. Europe has the right approach..Mandatory holiday across the board and less stress . Quality of life , should be “the most “ important thing in our culture. Most Companies do drain the health out of staff and drop them from the rolls ruthlessly. Just Wrong.

[@efortune357]

some quotes and rough notes:
3:45 why not individuals responsibility? Work affects health. People entrust workplace to provide safe work
4:25 “That workplace stress is related to unhealthy behaviors. There is an enormous scientific literature that makes the case that the workplace as a consequential environment has profound health effects. Many of these studies are longitudinal. Many of them, most of them, virtually all of them have been published in the most prestigious journals and so that’s why I think it’s the boss’ responsibility. Bosses create the work environment be they toxic or nontoxic.”
9:00 amazon
10:30 externalizations, social pollution harm to health
11:45 is life precious? Dying from work is morally wrong regardless of profits, compared to economics of slavery.
***22:15 “People do need to take responsibility for their own health and well-being. Often times by quitting where they’re working. But we also know from decades of research and social psychology that environments matter. That if I put you into a toxic environment there are going to be limits to what you can do.
Many of the workplace exposures that we’ve studied, when you do the meta-analyses and combine all this epidemiological research are as toxic to health, both self-reported health and having a physician diagnosed illness and mortality as second hand smoke, a known and regulated carcinogen. And when people tell me they cannot leave their workplace … if the room is filling up with smoke I would tell you get out.”
**25:13 “It’s interesting this hard work idea. Studies at the national level and studies at the industry level including over time suggest that beyond a certain point… the more hours you work the less productive you become.”
26:40 layoffs and CEO compensation
32:30 all the things that are unhealthy for us about work
35:00 what about all the good things?
36:30 not correct. Average wages has not gone up much at all
**37:30 physician burnout
41:00 overworked, students adderall over prescribed
52:30 Survey Monkey job parents can see kids, people want control over their work life
1:01:45 when you work for somebody you put your health in their hands
1:04:15 worse in China. 1 million people dying from overwork, better in Nordic countries
1:05:45 not long term, short term made to flip companies in Silicon Valley
1:07:45 not sustainable working 9 AM to 9 PM six days a week. Rates of diabetes in cardiac disease are soaring in China
1:08:45 High functioning countries disconnected healthcare from employment. That’s half the problem
1:10:30 “job lock”, stuck in a job one doesn’t like for health insurance

[@connordalton926]

You must see the irony in specifically praising Wordpress for their 24/7, "non-stop, even on the weekend" customer support in an episode talking about working too much.

[@danilin7606]

i have previous employers godsiping to future employers trying to stop me from working in town all because i refused sexual favors to a previous company owners son. we are under corporate fascism. companies can treat us however they want and no justice for employees. especially when i cant afford courts and lawyers. im about to quit the work force. im a steelworker who made over 65$ an hour. now im stuck with spoiled narcissistic millenial kids and im lucky to earn over minimum wage. its bs. i went to school for nothing and should have dropped out of highschool. im told no pregnancy, no healthcare for me. i go to Mexico to not die and get healthcare. ive had two stress related heart attacks due to slander at work. its my dream to flee this country.

[@helenarichard]

I almost died of low cortisol because my adrenalin (the opposit hormone) had been far too high for far too long. College degrees, bad diets, pollution, broken hearts, losing a job, especially mixed together, are a nice concoction to get adrenal crisis instantly!

[@freedomdividendnews5042]

I feel your pain

[@jbravo3l3]

Maybe time to read the Tao te ching?

[@sponkmcdonk3898]

JCal doesn't get it.

[@NR-rv8rz]

If this guy worked for Google he would be witch hunted out of his job by now for stating that men and women are different in their reaction to work.

[@unendingnow9320]

Stop lying about wordpress bro, we know you use squarespace

[@20GaugeSX4]

Those aren't Russian bots. They are American.