I'm taking what they're giving cause I'm working for a living
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/checking-out/
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Among the 100 million people in this country who hold full-time jobs, about 70 percent of them either hate going to work or have mentally checked out to the point of costing their companies money roaming the halls spreading discontent, as Gallup reported. Only 30 percent of workers are engaged and inspired at work.
At first glance, this sad survey is further proof of two truisms. One, the timeless line from Thoreau that the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. The other, less known, came from Homer Simpson by way of fatherly advice, after being asked about a labor dispute by his daughter Lisa. If you dont like your job, he said, you dont strike, you just go in there every day and do it really half-assed. Thats the American way.
The American way, indeed. Gallups current survey, covering two years, is a follow-up to an earlier poll that found much the same level of passive discontent from 2008 to 2010. Even in an improving economy, people are adrift at work, complaining about a lack of praise, with no sense of mission, and feeling little loyalty to their employer.
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All of that is certainly at play. But heres the surprise: the main factor in workplace discontent is not wages, benefits or hours, but the boss. Yes, that cretin from Kentucky Fried Chicken, in countless forms. The survey said there was consistent anger at management types who failed to so much as ask employees about their opinion of the job. Ever.