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10 Things You Should Stop Complaining About at Work
Adam Starr | AllHealthcare
Work isn’t perfect, right? But if you are lucky enough to have a job right now it pays to remember that millions and millions of Americans don’t think you have a thing to complain about. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nation’s unemployment rate is hovering around 10%. Even more troubling, The New York Times reports that unemployed people are spending longer periods between jobs. In December of 2008, only 22.9% of people were unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. A year later, in December of 2009, a whopping 37.8% of people were unemployed for 27 weeks or more. That means that nearly 40% of our nation’s unemployed are going without jobs for nearly seven months.
Now that we’ve got some perspective, here’s a list of 10 things that you should stop complaining about at work.
Now that we’ve got some perspective, here’s a list of 10 things that you should stop complaining about at work.
LeslieI
about 2 years ago
2 comments
Great ideas. I'm flexible enough to be a manger, or a plumber. Or an HVAC tech. Or a basic electrician,
or a landscaper, or a painter. I make more $$ on my side jobs painting, etc., than I do my regular salary.
And, I have great people skills. I'll work side jobs to get where my "real job" fails in this economy. Not bad for
a woman. Always take in knowledge. How you use it, is up to you.
fjhjr01
about 2 years ago
2 comments
Good article. Generally, I find complaining to be a waste of time unless it is very specific and obvious to everyone e.g. clients are complainig that the office is too cold). It also helps a great deal if the complant is followed by a soecific solution (e.g can we adjust the thermostat)
ahax010
about 2 years ago
2 comments
Wow, some of that was kind of offensive. I don’t consider myself a whiner, but when I see people telling the EMPLOYEES (who are obviously hanging for dear life to their jobs) to stop asking for raises, not complain about overwork, and work harder in tiny cubicles when CEOs spend 10 hours a week in offices bigger than my house making the same salary as 50 of us combined (and get $2.3 million severance packages when they get fired), I can’t help but feel a little irked. I mean, sometimes I think that this whole “recession” was a carefully orchestrated plan to give employers an excuse to lay people off and scare the remaining employees into submission. Okay, maybe it’s not a conspiracy, but in practice, that’s what’s been happening. Indeed, we're not all the same, and in a healthy meritocracy we should distinguish ourselves as best we can... but I wonder if one shady CEO really distinguished himself enough to be worth more than 100 teachers. And I think that this is SO not the right time to be telling employees who are working their asses off in fear of getting the ax to "stop complaining."