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Work Conditions Main Factor in Drastic Employee Productivity Fall

American workers are not producing as much in the hours between clocking in and clocking out each day.

By Anson Jones | May 23, 2023 at 02:00 PM
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As the pandemic hit, it only took a few weeks for nearly twenty million people to be laid off. Regardless of whether they had strong work ethics, good performance or long withstanding loyalty to a company, many companies simply could not afford to employ them.

The economic tides turned just months later, when all of the sudden companies became desperate to hire. Layoffs suddenly reached historic lows. Unfortunately, this came at the expense of the workforce itself. Existing employees were oftentimes worked to the point of burnout, newcomers with less experience were onboarded at higher wages and employers often overlooked mistakes that may have cost workers their jobs in the past. This year, productivity has seen the largest drop on record.

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