Most employees say their well-being has worsened or stayed the same — but their bosses disagree: new survey

A new report highlights that leaders do not have “a firm grasp” of their employees’ well-being.

Many employees are still struggling with low levels of well-being — with most of them saying that their health worsened or stayed the same last year, according to a survey of 3,150 people conducted in March by Deloitte and Workplace Intelligence.

However, the C-suite indicated a much different perspective: More than three out of four executives inaccurately believe that their workforce’s well-being improved.

Your bosses bosses thinks playing golf and eating fancy dinners on the company's dime (your exploited surplus labor value) improves your life while you struggle to make ends meet.

  • DoghouseCharlie [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I remember when the factory I worked at decided they had too many managers and not enough workers (because people kept quitting because the work sucked) so one of our managers got bumped down to our level and could not handle it at all. The workers around her would taunt her with stuff she used to say, annoying boss type shit. It got to a point where she wouldn't eat lunch near us and eventually quit. Fucking hilarious and cathartic.

  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    How the hell would the executives even know? It’s not like they get down in the trenches to get to know how the employees are doing.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      They don’t. I used to work with C-suite execs and they are completely disconnected from the lives of workers. When someone asks them about “employee well being”, they are think of the high-level employees that report to them 1 or 2 levels down - the senior vice presidents, directors, etc.

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      But Muh t.v show where some random boss larps as a new hire and see work sucks but changes nothing 😭

  • Homestar440 [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I'd be interested to see the survey questions. Asking a manager if he thinks his employees' well-being has improved isn't too far removed from asking him if he thinks he's a good person.

  • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]
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    1 year ago

    This isn’t being released to inform, this is to get libs to rethink that their situation must not be that bad if their betters are saying as much. And act as pressure relief valve that it’s not just them but other workers feel this way. Which way western lib? Not enough are going to fall on the side of their class without agitation to counter the status quo propaganda.

  • DiltoGeggins [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    And! There's more! A new sitcom called "Boss Knows Better" full of hilarity and mirth, with a dash of kicking down for good measure. Sponsored in part by your local multinational!

  • Albanian_Lil_Pump [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Liberalism is just being surprised at things Marxists have said since the 1800s and then rebranding them with new words

  • operacion_ogro [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Earlier this year the c-suite laid off 25% of the company and froze pay increases and my boss wonders why I'm not happy with my work load

  • D61 [any]
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    1 year ago

    "What's that? You'd like stable working hours, adequate pay, proper training and equipment to do your job? Well... Consider yourself heard!"

    throws an office pizza party

  • Main [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    It 1000% has to do with companies forcing people back into offices. People literally saw how much better their lives were not having to commute and then all of the pandemic gains being undone right before their eyes.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Beinf forced to a long commute (or much higher rent) while making much less money than you did the previous year adjusting for inflation. Gee wonder why people are unhappy.