Career trend 'act your wage' from fed up workers brings job warnings from experts

[1srelluc]

Career trend 'act your wage' from fed up workers brings job warnings from experts

A new career trend known as "acting your wage" is getting more attention at workers push back against job stress and workloads — here's what both businesses and workers need to know.

www.foxbusiness.com

The trend "act your wage" is the mindset that the amount of effort employees put into their job should directly align with their pay.

It seems the main consideration for employees wanting to ‘act their wage’ is to implement boundaries aimed at protecting their own work-life balance and to not overwork themselves to a point that affects their quality of life," said Michelle Reisdorf, Chicago-based district president at Robert Half, the international HR consulting firm.

Why is 'act your wage’ trending?

This trend — and other labor trends — often gain steam seemingly as more employees sign on and feel impacted by the root cause of it, noted Reisdorf.

The state of the job market is complex, and as such, many workers may have had to take on more work and feel burned out, she said.

The gaslighting operation on a generation is going quite well I see.

"You are powerless. You can't help yourself. It's always someone else's fault. You need the state to make things right."

The idea of doing a good job used to be about who you are as a person.

Just wait till reality sets in when the unemployment rate hits 5%+.....That and I wonder how that translates with $15.00 a hour fast food workers.

 

[rightwinger]

The idea of doing a good job used to be about who you are as a person.

Used to be that way and employees who put the company above their own needs were rewarded for it.

Now, employees are let go whenever there is a slow period. Downsizing means you pick up the workload of those who were let go.

Get a life is now more important than serving your employer.
Sorry, but I am going home at 5PM

 

[Anomalism]

Bare minimum effort people are on a fast track to being losers their entire life

 

[shockedcanadian]

The newer generation is lazier but they have a sound argument as to why. They see little future, loyalty or upward mobility with the risk of being outsourced at a moments notice.

 

[rightwinger]

Bare minimum effort people are on a fast track to being losers their entire life

It is more of a …..You get what you pay for mentality

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Career trend 'act your wage' from fed up workers brings job warnings from experts

A new career trend known as "acting your wage" is getting more attention at workers push back against job stress and workloads — here's what both businesses and workers need to know.

www.foxbusiness.com

The trend "act your wage" is the mindset that the amount of effort employees put into their job should directly align with their pay.

It seems the main consideration for employees wanting to ‘act their wage’ is to implement boundaries aimed at protecting their own work-life balance and to not overwork themselves to a point that affects their quality of life," said Michelle Reisdorf, Chicago-based district president at Robert Half, the international HR consulting firm.

Why is 'act your wage’ trending?

This trend — and other labor trends — often gain steam seemingly as more employees sign on and feel impacted by the root cause of it, noted Reisdorf.

The state of the job market is complex, and as such, many workers may have had to take on more work and feel burned out, she said.

The gaslighting operation on a generation is going quite well I see.

"You are powerless. You can't help yourself. It's always someone else's fault. You need the state to make things right."

The idea of doing a good job used to be about who you are as a person.

Just wait till reality sets in when the unemployment rate hits 5%+.....That and I wonder how that translates with $15.00 a hour fast food workers.

If a work-life balance is what you seek, so be it. Everyone's goals are different. And it's not like your hard work is going to be rewarded if you aren't in a sales producing capacity (meaning your income is based on what you produce). It's not like 50+ years ago when you were loyal to an employer for life and they were loyal to you. About the time that Reagan was ascending the political spectrum, companies started deciding that employees were expenditures to be written off and on depending on how the balance sheet looked and if the C level people were going to get their fat bonuses or not.

Being in the technical field, I don't have that luxury to "act my wage". But it's what I signed on for 25 years ago. I understand the sacrifices, and even enjoy them. And if you understand that "acting your wage" may not bring you the wealth or compensation you want, and are ok with that, good for you. I'm not gonna tell anyone else how to manage their career. This is outside the whole host of economic issues facing the average voter today like affordable housing, an equitable tax system, healthcare that moves with you when you change jobs and doesn't require you to pay a mortgage+ every month...and of course inflation, which was inevitable, and is getting better.

 

[rampart]

Bare minimum effort people are on a fast track to being losers their entire life

work/life balance is important. i miss work but there was plenty of "opportunity cost" to being a "company man."

"ride for the brand" code of the west.

 

[1srelluc]

If a work-life balance is what you seek, so be it. Everyone's goals are different. And it's not like your hard work is going to be rewarded if you aren't in a sales producing capacity (meaning your income is based on what you produce). It's not like 50+ years ago when you were loyal to an employer for life and they were loyal to you. About the time that Reagan was ascending the political spectrum, companies started deciding that employees were expenditures to be written off and on depending on how the balance sheet looked and if the C level people were going to get their fat bonuses or not.

Being in the technical field, I don't have that luxury to "act my wage". But it's what I signed on for 25 years ago. I understand the sacrifices, and even enjoy them. And if you understand that "acting your wage" may not bring you the wealth or compensation you want, and are ok with that, good for you. I'm not gonna tell anyone else how to manage their career. This is outside the whole host of economic issues facing the average voter today like affordable housing, an equitable tax system, healthcare that moves with you when you change jobs and doesn't require you to pay a mortgage+ every month...and of course inflation, which was inevitable, and is getting better.

And that is all fine and good but they should not expect $100 worth of pay for $50 worth of work.

 

[rightwinger]

And that is all fine and good but they should not expect $100 worth of pay for $50 worth of work.

Everyone generates more wealth than they are being paid.
If a company is losing money on you, they let you go.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

And that is all fine and good but they should not expect $100 worth of pay for $50 worth of work.

Agreed. I have no issue with that. Again, that's beside the economic conditions.

 

[Mr Natural]

And that is all fine and good but they should not expect $100 worth of pay for $50 worth of work.

And a company should not expect $100 worth of work for $50 worth of pay.

 

[Moonglow]

Career trend 'act your wage' from fed up workers brings job warnings from experts

A new career trend known as "acting your wage" is getting more attention at workers push back against job stress and workloads — here's what both businesses and workers need to know.

www.foxbusiness.com

The trend "act your wage" is the mindset that the amount of effort employees put into their job should directly align with their pay.

It seems the main consideration for employees wanting to ‘act their wage’ is to implement boundaries aimed at protecting their own work-life balance and to not overwork themselves to a point that affects their quality of life," said Michelle Reisdorf, Chicago-based district president at Robert Half, the international HR consulting firm.

Why is 'act your wage’ trending?

This trend — and other labor trends — often gain steam seemingly as more employees sign on and feel impacted by the root cause of it, noted Reisdorf.

The state of the job market is complex, and as such, many workers may have had to take on more work and feel burned out, she said.

The gaslighting operation on a generation is going quite well I see.

"You are powerless. You can't help yourself. It's always someone else's fault. You need the state to make things right."

The idea of doing a good job used to be about who you are as a person.

Just wait till reality sets in when the unemployment rate hits 5%+.....That and I wonder how that translates with $15.00 a hour fast food workers.

Would you work for less pay and more responsibilities of work than workers who make more money used to do?

 

[rampart]

And that is all fine and good but they should not expect $100 worth of pay for $50 worth of work.

now might be a bad time to bring up the "labor theory of value" but in capitalism, it is much more likely to do $100 work for $5o pay.

at the lower end of "management" there is little "work/life balance"

 

[Moonglow]

The newer generation is lazier but they have a sound argument as to why. They see little future, loyalty or upward mobility with the risk of being outsourced at a moments notice.

I am the one who preached the sermon on these ideas while working for the last decade.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

And a company should not expect $100 worth of work for $50 worth of pay.

And I agree with this as well. It's a balance between employer and employee. One that will probably never be balanced.

 

[rampart]

Everyone generates more wealth than they are being paid.
If a company is losing money on you, they let you go.

winger, you are a commie.

"just because marx wrote of the labor theory of value does not make it wrong. " rampart

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Career trend 'act your wage' from fed up workers brings job warnings from experts

A new career trend known as "acting your wage" is getting more attention at workers push back against job stress and workloads — here's what both businesses and workers need to know.

www.foxbusiness.com

The trend "act your wage" is the mindset that the amount of effort employees put into their job should directly align with their pay.

It seems the main consideration for employees wanting to ‘act their wage’ is to implement boundaries aimed at protecting their own work-life balance and to not overwork themselves to a point that affects their quality of life," said Michelle Reisdorf, Chicago-based district president at Robert Half, the international HR consulting firm.

Why is 'act your wage’ trending?

This trend — and other labor trends — often gain steam seemingly as more employees sign on and feel impacted by the root cause of it, noted Reisdorf.

The state of the job market is complex, and as such, many workers may have had to take on more work and feel burned out, she said.

The gaslighting operation on a generation is going quite well I see.

"You are powerless. You can't help yourself. It's always someone else's fault. You need the state to make things right."

The idea of doing a good job used to be about who you are as a person.

Just wait till reality sets in when the unemployment rate hits 5%+.....That and I wonder how that translates with $15.00 a hour fast food workers.

Excellent. We work to live. We don't live to work.

 

[otto105]

Bare minimum effort people are on a fast track to being losers their entire life

Not what the article and poster presented.

If a business wants great effort from their employees, they should pay them for the effort.

 

[cnm]

The idea of doing a good job used to be about who you are as a person.

While the idea of being a good employer was how hard you could screw your workers...

 

[Mr Natural]

Workers should always have their feelers out for a better situation.

Loyalty does not pay the bills.