labor studies
WSJ nails the cost of mass deportations. With a surprising statistic.
The link below (WSJ – Mass Deportation and Florida Jobs) appeared in the paper’s Saturday/Sunday edition (Feb 7/8). It’s now out from behind the paywall, so everyone can read it. And we should. The jobs bonanza we were promised is nowhere in sight, and will probably never be.... Have you noticed that when workplace performance dips, people's first reaction is to rush to explain it? What they rarely do is slow down long enough to notice how the work started to feel different first.
And that doesn't show up in dashboards - but it does show up everywhere else.
The teams that recover fastest are the ones that say, 'Something feels off. Let's talk about that.' And that's irrespective of incentives, or even tighter processes.
In my experience, performance doesn't fall off when people stop caring, it falls off when people stop being sure about what caring looks like anymore.
This probably stands out to me because I spend a lot of time inside teams when performance is under pressure.
If you have any perspective on this, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
What I have noticed is this: When productivity dips, politicians want people to work longer. In Germany, the discussion revolves around one hour more per week, one holiday less, or one day of vacation less. What is wrong with this? Most jobs don't profit from more time....