Holiday schedules exacerbate issues with balancing work, family and personal commitments and needs. Stav Ziv offers advice from Jeffrey Pfeffer’s book, Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It.
In the U.S., 120,000 deaths a year could be attributed to work environments. . . racking up about $180 billion in health-care costs.
Source: The Muse, November 28, 2018. Link. Once you know and care, Pfeffer suggests you do the following to fight back:
- Get out of there (or at least take your vacation)
- Establish your own support network
- Surround yourself with people who have more balance
- Don’t rationalize what’s not rational
- Ask the right questions on your way out
INSIGHTS: Ms. Ziv might wish to employ an editor as her six things were actually five.