I have another addition to my discussion on unemployment. I will eventually change my tone and topics but I couldn’t help coming across some applicable data which I feel should be shared...
Finding this article was somewhat a coincidence. I have not been planning a piece on unemployment or underemployment (not being employed to full capacity or skill) and have been looking to other interesting topics. However, I was on the job prowl and looking at Gallup. I love statistics and thought that it might be a good place to start. This is when I saw the link to the article.
Basically, the article says that underemployed people are unhappy and more susceptible to anger, stress, sadness, and worry. Wow. I am amazed that they could figure this out! People that are not working to their full potential feel like they are struggling at a greater rate.
I wonder how much money they put into this study. It is nice to have data to back up what has always been observed but this is quite obvious and I don’t think it largely contributes. Gallup also poses a silver lining in all of this that the underemployed spend more time with family. Well, the underemployed are most likely living with them. Is this really a silver lining? Though being social and spending time with one’s family is important is it really a situation that brings a lot of happiness. I can see where stress might increase with increased family time.
~PB
i dont get this part:
ReplyDelete"Gallup also poses a silver lining in all of this that the underemployed spend more time with family. Well, the underemployed are most likely living with them. Is this really a silver lining? Though being social and spending time with one’s family is important is it really a situation that brings a lot of happiness. I can see where stress might increase with increased family time."
Does this mean that being underemployed and spending time with its family is mutually increasing the stress of an underemployed individual?
Gallup said that there was a silver lining to being underemployed--they are spending more time with their families. I am trying to insert (not part of Gallup's article) that I think family might also contribute to the stress of the underemployed individual. It may not be fully a silver lining like they propose. Some of the stress that these individuals face can be from the fact that they are always with their families with family responsibilities and potential issues. There might be more strain and conflict with increased interaction.
ReplyDeleteyeah i understand and i agree with this point; maybe their family is not really helping them to cope with their underemployement, i guess that is a chance on 2.
ReplyDeleteand since they are underemployed, that means that they dont have a lot of chance to excape their life of everyday and to maybe achieve their dreams or whishes or whatever they want