Companies Take Steps to Curb Worker Burnout – News OK

One strategy Goldman Sachs has been trying is to make people feel less at risk in their jobs. That\’s not easy in most companies, much less so in investment banking.

To keep junior analysts from burning out, the bank has decided to start hiring first-year analysts as permanent employees, instead of taking them on as contract workers. It is also encouraging them to not work weekends.

via Companies take steps to curb worker burnout | News OK.

Life/work balance is a choice, not another corporate initiative.  You have one life.  Make the right choice.

US Hospitals Look to Provide Insurance for Poor Patients – FT.com

US hospitals are exploring ways to buy “Obamacare” insurance plans for their sickest and poorest patients as they strain under the weight of tens of billions of dollars in uncompensated costs from the uninsured.

via US hospitals look to provide insurance for poor patients – FT.com.

Blue Bunny to Lay Off 58 workers – The Des Moines Register | desmoinesregister.com

The cut comes at a time when Iowa also is being buffeted by big layoffs at Wells Fargo & Co. and the former Aviva USA insurance company, now known as Athene. The Iowa unemployment rate increased to 4.9 percent in August from 4.8 percent in July, but it remains one of the lowest in the U.S.

via Blue Bunny ice cream manufacturer to lay off 58 workers | The Des Moines Register | desmoinesregister.com.

Memo to Blue Bell and Braum’s:

Bigger is not always better.

BBC News – Sleep ‘cleans’ the brain of toxins

Their findings build on last year’s discovery of the brain\’s own network of plumbing pipes – known as the glymphatic system – which carry waste material out of the brain.

via BBC News – Sleep ‘cleans’ the brain of toxins.

I sleep late a lot on weekends.  The Boss complains, thinks I sleep too much.  Now I can say my glymphatic system is working overtime.  And your brain needs a good cleaning…

Worldwide, 13% of Employees Are Engaged at Work

Only 13% of employees worldwide are engaged at work, according to Gallup\’s new 142-country study on the State of the Global Workplace. In other words, about one in eight workers — roughly 180 million employees in the countries studied — are psychologically committed to their jobs and likely to be making positive contributions to their organizations.

via Worldwide, 13% of Employees Are Engaged at Work.

No surprises here.