Boredom is something I wish fewer employees had to live with at work. Managers sometimes think that boredom is just the way a job is, and that employees should “suck it up.” I think there are better options. For example, boredom can be related to the way we structure organizations. Unhealthy hierarchy keeps challenging tasks unnecessarily divided by level in the organization. Managers can easily (though falsely) perceive that it’s in their own interest to…
What Can Employees Do? One of the things that has sometimes challenged me about bringing this project forward, has been getting overwhelmed by the question: “But what can employees really do about their situations at work?!” I know firsthand the feeling of powerlessness we can have when it seems like we’re trapped in an unpleasant job, where the powers that be aren’t interested, willing or able to do things to create a healthy work environment.…
I know there are lots of others out there who feel like I do – that there’s something wrong when people don’t feel their potential is engaged at work. When I was setting up Employee Point, one of the other names I considered using was Employee Life. I found someone else had that twitter name. And wouldn’t you know it, here’s what they tweeted: “doing same thing five days a week….. what a life” “…all…