The best advice I’ve seen so far…

Really? The flaw in this study is asking participants to keep a time diary (how 1980s of them). Think about all the “smartphone” work you do, being on call 24/7, never really shutting work off. Spending time at work and doing work are really two different variables.

Attention CEOs, time to stand up and do something…

merrymissanthropic:

and it was the biggest mistake of my life. It called those from the ages of 18 - 35 ‘Generation Screwed’, and happened to mention every single one of my fears, doubts, and insecurities about the future.

Essentially made me feel as though all I was going to be able to do…

In a jobless recovery, such as the one we are still in, if an employee sees an opportunity for training, it would behoove them to take it. In many cases, opportunities for advancement at one’s company are few and far between and the only saving grace is to gain additional skills to hightail it out of there when the going really gets tough. Another benefit, if said company does not reap the rewards of a newly trained employee, is once that person leaves, he/she will be less likely to sue you for any indignation they may have experienced along the way. Usually those that take the skills and run, are looking forward, not backward. And, you didn’t have to pay a severance or increased unemployment insurance. See, everyone wins!

Stress, and the fact that in some organizations, it can be the equivalent of a rat running incessantly on it’s habitat wheel. That’s right, round and round you go until you realize you are worn down to a nub and a scrap of what you used to be. Ask yourself, is it really worth it? Remember Bud Fox from Wall Street, “Tell me, Gordon—when does it all end? How many yachts can you water-ski behind? How much is enough?”

How much is enough for you?

My advice, let’s forget the labels, the innuendo, the sophomoric “culture chat” and let’s just get real. Appraisals are really a thing of the past. Want to be progressive and have performance work for you? Move to job evaluations quarterly so that people “expect expectations.” I know, radical concept, huh?