Dying for a Paycheck
By Jeffrey Pfeffer
How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance―and What We Can Do About It. Harper Business, 2018.
Summary of Dying for a Paycheck book by Jeffrey Pfeffer
A research and data-driven text highlighting the enormous workload, long hours, and massive stress modern employees around the world face, and the increased risk to their health as a result.
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What do you get from this book? How to reduce stress at work and live a healthier life
Work and money are two major causes of stress, leading to suicide, homicide, and addiction
Researchers have found that stress and inequality increase mortality rates around the world
Layoffs rarely solve the underlying problem—they only increase health issues and add mental strain
No health insurance leads to increased death and illness, especially in the U.S.
Long work hours result in negative health consequences as well as increased conflict at home
Job autonomy and social support create happier, healthier, and more productive workers
People stay with jobs they dislike for financial reasons, prestige, and because it’s easier than finding new work
Chronic illness, environmental conditions, and bullying adversely affect health; policymakers must hold companies accountable
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- healthcare professionals
- low- to high-level employees
- anyone who’s ever held a high-stress job
About the author of Dying for a Paycheck
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Business theorist Jeffrey Pfeffer is the recipient of the Richard D. Irwin Award for his academic contributions, having spent more than three decades as a business professor at Stanford University. He was a columnist for Business 2.0 and was named one of the top twenty-five “management thinkers” by Thinkers50, a worldwide organization dedicated to enhancing and developing business management.
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