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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2024, @04:57PM
That's easy, when i changed jobs, i asked for the standard 1 month vacation (which we don't get first year normally) and got 3 weeks paid and 1 week unpaid. This year i'll have the full month paid vacation.
What i do not get is how do you negotiate shorter work weeks?
Where i am, it's 37,5h per week (for my kind of job, normally for other jobs it's 40h) and they can't make me do more than 8 in some cases. I guess i gotta try asking for less next time.
Note that i'm not from the US of A. I use my vacation time and if i get sick, i'm on a paid sick leave as long as i need to. Though i've been on sick leave for 4 days in the last 17 years.
One thing i've always wondered about US of A is people not using their (short ass) vacation and doing so many hours without overtime. You do not accomplish more by forcing others or working yourself to the ground. I've done my share of overtime (60h a week for months, even more when allowed. The OT gets really expenssive after that, so customers usually don't like paying and do not allow more) work and i would never do that without OT compensation or in the office.