One good idea I know of is to make work hours more predictable:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-06-18/on-call-work-schedules-make-it-hard-to-have-a-life …
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Seems like either predictable or at worker’s option would work. The status quo of getting told amount of work and time of work (Plan B is you’re fired) at beginning of week with consequence-free updates seems tough to build a well-ordered life around.
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I really, really appreciate the app dispatched services which let workers pick their own hours w/o penalty or minimum commitment, and think we could encourage that product choice with a nudge in whatever the 3rd category is in worker classification (which we fairly clearly need).
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I also think there might be technical/operational improvements to both improve staffing levels while also minimizing disruptive updates to workers’ schedules; should be able to tell a computer “I need 6 people on this shift from this roster but am indifferent; figure it out.”
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(There is something similar in the airlines around flight attendants “bidding” for desirable work assignments, but that largely solves more for optimizing for internally protected understandings of status, chiefly seniority, than for minimizing negative disruptions to workers.)
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I also think having computers involved would reduce a common source of work-related stress, that line managers use control over hours to abuse workers for non-economic reasons, which principals have little reason to interrogate because they expect a level of bozo behavior.
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