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April 14, 2006
The next time you see one of those hand-wringing, “Overworked Americans” articles
Keep this in mind:
- The hours category showed a real shocker -- that extremely satisfied employees are putting in a lot more time at work than others. The most satisfied reported averaged 56 hours a week -- 11 hours more than the least satisfied group. Almost without exception, as satisfaction rose, workers reported putting in longer hours.
Some results from a MONEY magazine/Salary.com survey of 26,000 workers.
Another interesting bit:
- Overall, 16 percent of respondents said they could telecommute any time they pleased, 28 percent could do so with their manager's approval and 55 percent were not allowed to.
Satisfied workers had more work-from-home options than other respondents, with only 38 percent saying telecommuting was never an option. Unhappy workers were least able to telecommute, with 70 percent reporting it was not an option.
The most stressed workers were also least able to telecommute, with only a third saying it was an option for them at work.
From a TCS Daily article of mine:
Telecommuting gives employees freedom to rearrange their work life to fit better with other aspects of their lives. Want to pick up your child from school or to exercise during the middle of the day? No problem. In fact, someone who finds it more pleasant to work out when the gym is less crowded might be more likely to stick to an exercise program.
Whole thing here.
Posted by tedb at April 14, 2006 10:40 AM
Not much on my mind these days, but what can I say? It's not important. I just don't have much to say lately. I've just been letting everything pass me by recently, but eh.
Comment by: Sten97642 at January 24, 2007 04:10 PM
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I just don't have much to say these days, but so it goes. Today was a total loss. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten7099 at January 26, 2007 07:54 AM
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I just don't have much to say these days, but so it goes. Today was a total loss. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten39323 at January 26, 2007 03:44 PM
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I just don't have anything to say right now. I haven't been up to anything recently, but it's not important. I've just been sitting around waiting for something to happen, but shrug.
Comment by: Sten90901 at January 26, 2007 08:10 PM
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I haven't been up to anything recently, but so it goes. Such is life. What can I say? Pretty much not much exciting going on to speak of. I haven't gotten much done lately, but I don't care.
Comment by: Sten58001 at January 27, 2007 09:40 PM
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I haven't been up to much these days. Today was a loss. Nothing seems important. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days.
Comment by: Sten81669 at January 29, 2007 02:42 AM
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I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I guess it doesn't bother me. Shrug. I haven't been up to anything. I haven't gotten much done today.
Comment by: Sten23485 at January 29, 2007 12:39 PM
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My life's been pretty dull recently. Shrug. My mind is like a void. I haven't gotten anything done lately. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten31161 at January 30, 2007 12:34 AM
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I haven't been up to anything these days. So it goes. I can't be bothered with anything these days.
Comment by: Sten32713 at January 30, 2007 07:46 AM
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My life's been pretty dull recently. Shrug. My mind is like a void. I haven't gotten anything done lately. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten21228 at January 30, 2007 09:42 PM
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I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently. I haven't gotten much done recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about.
Comment by: Sten36436 at January 30, 2007 10:16 PM
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I just don't have much to say recently. Such is life. I've basically been doing nothing. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. Oh well.
Comment by: Sten82137 at January 31, 2007 09:46 AM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I can't be bothered with anything recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven't gotten anything done recently, but oh well. Not much noteworthy going on worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten10495 at January 31, 2007 03:44 PM
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My life's been basically bland today. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. My mind is like an empty room. I've more or less been doing nothing to speak of. Not much on my mind recently.
Comment by: Sten2714 at February 1, 2007 12:22 AM
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I've more or less been doing nothing worth mentioning, but eh. My life's been really bland today. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days. That's how it is.
Comment by: Sten37728 at February 1, 2007 05:33 AM
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I haven't been up to anything recently, but so it goes. Such is life. What can I say? Pretty much not much exciting going on to speak of. I haven't gotten much done lately, but I don't care.
Comment by: Sten31600 at February 1, 2007 10:18 AM
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I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten65441 at February 1, 2007 04:03 PM
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I haven't been up to much lately. I've basically been doing nothing , but it's not important. I can't be bothered with anything recently. I've just been letting everything happen without me lately.
Comment by: Sten66397 at February 2, 2007 07:33 AM
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I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten91883 at February 2, 2007 08:54 PM
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Not much on my mind right now, but it's not important. I've just been letting everything happen without me. I just don't have anything to say right now.
Comment by: Sten14724 at February 3, 2007 05:46 AM
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My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.
Comment by: Sten81355 at February 4, 2007 03:25 AM
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I just don't have anything to say. Not that it matters. Eh. I've just been staying at home doing nothing, but I don't care. That's how it is.
Comment by: Sten87616 at February 4, 2007 12:06 PM
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I haven't been up to much today. I've just been letting everything happen without me. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I just don't have anything to say right now. More or less nothing happening.
Comment by: Sten76713 at February 4, 2007 11:07 PM
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I haven't been up to anything these days. So it goes. I can't be bothered with anything these days.
Comment by: Sten77645 at February 5, 2007 12:35 AM
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I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. What can I say? I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning, but pfft. Not that it matters. Pretty much nothing exciting happening to speak of. I haven't been up to much these days.
Comment by: Sten63383 at February 5, 2007 09:19 PM
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I haven't been up to much these days. Today was a loss. Nothing seems important. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days.
Comment by: Sten5207 at February 6, 2007 08:01 AM
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Not much on my mind right now, but it's not important. I've just been letting everything happen without me. I just don't have anything to say right now.
Comment by: Sten68531 at February 6, 2007 08:10 AM
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