Americans Are Less Motivated to Work This Year Compared to Last, New Data Shows

Hmm I wonder why. Could it be because we can't fucking afford anything?! Could it be because wealth inequality has been at a high that we've never seen before? Could it be because our world is slowly dying and nobody seems to care? Could it be because literal Nazis are roaming the streets and nothing is being done about it?

Idk... I mean sure, the price of literally everything is outpacing my stagnant income, and my benefits are increasingly shit... But there's a banner outside the parking lot I'm not allowed to use (admins only!) that says "Heroes work here!"

Ya hear that?! I'm a fuckin hero, y'all!! I can't not be motivated now!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go shed a single tear while eating a meal of white rice. Again. With some soy sauce packets I stole from the cafeteria.

A FUCKING HERO!

Why in fuck would I want to go to work?

Well colour me shocked. You mean nobody feels particularly motivated on a burning planet where we can't afford anything? Jeez someone order a pizza.

Forcing folk back into the office is pretty darn unpopular. If I was part of the group required to return to the office I would also be pretty damn unproductive and pissed as well.

Motivated employees get taken advantage of with more work with no pay raises. These workers have finally learned and reduced their production to be even with those around them.

P.S. If this is you, like it was me, learn entrepreneurship. The harder you work, the more success you have.

What's great about this headline is how timeless it is.

Executives are constantly sucking up all the profits for themselves and putting more workload on everyone else. Americans are starting to wake up to the fact that corporate executives are robbing them blind.

I’ve noticed this trend at several of my businesses. It’s impossible to find good help, I even offer all sorts of fun perks like themed thursdays where everybody has to dress up to match whatever theme I pick and whoever does it best gets a Starbucks gift card. Whenever it’s somebody’s birthday that person brings in pizza for everybody to share.

I think the pandemic and government hand outs have made people extra lazy, even more than they were before.

It feels like we’re just a dot in a complex scatterplot, the way statistics can measure and index an employee’s motivation. Maybe they can even use the same math to measure your own motivation. Imagine getting fired because you “lacked motivation” according to a computer. Maybe that’s not how we should cooperate as a species.

No fucking shit. Maybe if they were to bring back the lube when they fuck our asses we might be less bitter

Businesses that are projecting growth, but are in cost saving mode, had layoffs, sub inflation raises, and hiring freezes aren't exactly doing much to drive morale.

Why aren't the peasants working themselves to death for scraps anymore!?!?

Id be more motivated if i could see a doctor.

yeah, because they're working harder for less.. the fuck do you expect..

They pretend to pay me, and I pretend to work.

The work cultures of yore.. christmas bonuses, work functions, retirement plans, affordable housing, and employer loyalty is no more.

And they're surprised?

"Charlie Brown is less motivated to try and kick the football"

I came here to post the same thing that everyone else already posted.

Got a ton of education, qualifications and experience to work my way up through various jobs. Finally took a job a few years back with a significant pay raise... That is, until inflation offset the wage gains.

So yeah I'm 10-15% less motivated than I was previously. Every year in this economy that one doesn't get a 10% raise, it is functionally the same as taking a pay cut.

...says Bloomberg the billionaire.

I'm so demotivated I quit today.

I quit my job in January. Fuck being a wage slave. Fuck making other people rich. I'm done with all that. I'll live a simple life with little money rather than go back to that self destructive misery.

Paywall article :/

so far the comments are true reasons to be demotivated in 2022 and 2023, but not about what makes 23 different, if data is correct

It's a mystery why they don't

I'd like to add that I am less motived to work then a minute ago.

I waited a minute, and I have a new, lower data point...

I'm an early adopter

I'm about to look for a job for (basically) the first time at 26 because I lost my parents health coverage. Feedback welcome.