Why does it seem that Americans are more dissatisfied than ever with their jobs? (company, pay)

[MilksFavoriteCookie]

1. No passion in what they do
2. Wages are not keeping up with the Cost of Living

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by MilksFavoriteCookie

1. No passion in what they do
2. Wages are not keeping up with the Cost of Living

My COLA raises has only been keeping up with my rent increases.

[RogueMom]

Originally Posted by MilksFavoriteCookie

1. No passion in what they do
2. Wages are not keeping up with the Cost of Living

And being micro-managed to the point where you just don't care anymore. The micro-management just gets worse and worse as the decades go on.

[moneymkt]

Throw in the commute and lack of annual raises

[Blue Wave]

OFFICE POLITICS.

That was what I hated most about working. I always thought of the workplace as a meaner version of high school, and I hated high school.

[bUU]

Originally Posted by RogueMom

And being micro-managed to the point where you just don't care anymore. The micro-management just gets worse and worse as the decades go on.

Which neatly wraps us around to the beginning of the thread and from there to numerous previous threads:

Originally Posted by bUU

... the nature of work in the United States has radically changed over the years, with more and more effort placed on dividing work up into smaller bits so that lower- and lower-skilled workers can do that work [even if the workers doing the work aren't lower-skilled]. The way industry, collectively, is managing to increase profits and foster growth is by way of structural changes that devalue (human) work itself.

[moneymkt]

i was micromanaged 13 years ago and had no choice but to stand up to him.

[MilksFavoriteCookie]

imo better to be micromanaged than excluded.

Nowadays its a need to know basis, kinda hard to consistently do a good job if only a few know the why. Things are don this way so management can take all the credit. Cant properly explain why you deserve a promotion or raise if you don't understand how you contributed.

[RageX]

As I said before, many of us have had to adapt to only wanting ONE thing out of a job; that it pays enough to cover food, rent and, electricity. Many jobs, from an employee's perspective, fail at this ONE thing.

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by RageX

As I said before, many of us have had to adapt to only wanting ONE thing out of a job; that it pays enough to cover food, rent and, electricity. Many jobs, from an employee's perspective, fail at this ONE thing.

Some people apply to the wrong jobs and then end up miserable.