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posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 27 2024, @10:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the beatings-shall-continue-until-morale-improves dept.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/job-flexibility-and-security-linked-to-better-mental-health-among-workers/

American workers who have more flexibility and security in their jobs also have better mental health, according to a study of 2021 survey data from over 18,000 nationally representative working Americans.

The study, published Monday in JAMA Network Open, may not be surprising to those who have faced return-to-office mandates and rounds of layoffs amid the pandemic. But, it offers clear data on just how important job flexibility and security are to the health and well-being of workers.

[...] Overall, the study's findings indicate "the substantive impact that flexible and secure jobs can have on mental health in the short-term and long-term," the researchers conclude.

They do note limitations of the study, the main one being that the study identifies associations and can't determine that job flexibility and security directly caused mental health outcomes and the work absence findings. Still, they suggest that workplace policies could improve the mental health of employees.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Thursday March 28 2024, @02:00PM (4 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday March 28 2024, @02:00PM (#1350680)

    >The investors were thinking bountiful ROI. What we all got was a heap of dead goose.

    Serious question: the original company staff got dead goose, but did the investors actually lose anything?

    Twice I have spun up companies to be run by investment bankers.

    Twice I waved goodbye, holding a few shares of stock, as the company ventured forth under their (toxic, both times) management.

    Twice, the investment banker management ran the company for 10-ish years, made back their investment plus decent (+10-ish% annual) returns, decided it wasn't profitable enough for them, pulled shenanigans devaluing the original investor shares plus whatever they floated in their IPOs to zero, then liquidated.

    See: debt takes precedence over equity, and when you're an investment BANK managing the company you can have the company take loans from your bank, then get the value of the company declared less than or equal to the debt you hold and reorganize with a net share value of zero: checks for $0.01 distributed to all shareholders. You can also pull a fast Chapter 11->7 exit and leave your customers holding hundreds of millions of dollars of now worthless junk that was supposed to be doing a better job of treating difficult cancer cases for decades to come. All the while, the people "managing" these bankruptcy transition proceedings are being compensated at $500 to $1500 per HOUR from the company's remaining assets for their time spent on the proceedings.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Thursday March 28 2024, @02:17PM (3 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday March 28 2024, @02:17PM (#1350683) Journal

    That's the kind of thing that should be illegal.

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    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Thursday March 28 2024, @02:40PM (2 children)

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday March 28 2024, @02:40PM (#1350687)

      That's the kind of thing that Maryland law protects.

      Twice, the Florida based companies being invested in by New York based bankers were incorporated in Maryland.

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      • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Freeman on Thursday March 28 2024, @02:57PM (1 child)

        by Freeman (732) on Thursday March 28 2024, @02:57PM (#1350695) Journal

        Ah, the bastion of freedom that state is. You'd think with it being so close to D. C. oh, wait, nevermind.

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        • (Score: 4, Touché) by JoeMerchant on Thursday March 28 2024, @03:25PM

          by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday March 28 2024, @03:25PM (#1350700)

          Freedom: delivered globally via Aircraft Carrier on demand.

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