Workers say they like their jobs slightly more… but everything about them less
New data out earlier this week from The Conference Board revealed that nearly 63% of US workers surveyed said they were “satisfied” with their jobs, the highest rating since the poll began in 1987 (yay!)... not to be discounted, though, by the year-over-year drops in worker satisfaction observed across every one of the 26 specific categories they were asked about (yay?).
Although some subcategories like commuting saw satisfaction drop off by a negligible amount, several fell far more sharply. Indeed, while workers were much less jazzed about the bonus plan (-7.6%), wages (-5%), and health plan (-7%) offered to them by their employers compared with a year ago, none of these factors seemed to play a hand in overall job satisfaction, which nudged slightly higher (+0.4%). Why?
Perhaps there is some psychological dissonance between workers disliking all aspects of their jobs and saying, “Actually? This is fine.” Perhaps inflation or economic insecurity means that a job that pays the bills (and offers little else) is enough for many Americans right now. Or, perhaps asking to give a 1-5 rating for overall satisfaction as the final question on a 27-part job survey skews results by the pure relief of completion.
Tesla has issued another recall, this one over seat belts that fail to warn drivers when they’re unbelted, Reuters reports. The struggling electric car company has issued a number of recalls this year, including two for its long-awaited Cybertruck, amid a 14% decline in its stock price. This is all while its CEO Elon Musk fights for shareholder approval for his record $56 billion pay package. The latest recall affects 125,000 cars and is just the latest example of chaos in Tesla town. The company plans to release an over-the-air software update to fix this issue, with deployment expected to start in June.