The past year and a half has been unusual to say the least when it comes to the way Americans live and interact. During the Covid pandemic, we’ve all had to adapt in all kinds of ways, and many of us have also found our preferences and priorities changing. Nowhere has that been more obvious than in the workplace. For Americans who have kept their jobs, there has been a new reality in day to day work life. From putting on protective gear to working behind a plastic shield… from meeting remotely over zoom to working out hours when you can get away from family caretaking commitments. And then of course there are the tens of millions whose jobs were disrupted or lost altogether. As we begin to emerge from this pandemic conditions, American workers and businesses are re thinking how we work, How much we work, what we do at work, and what we need out of our jobs.
Dr. Daniel Cox is a Senior Fellow in public opinion at the American Enterprise Institute, AEI, and the Director of the Service Center on American life. He has been closely tracking the real time evolution in Americans' attitudes about work and what they might mean for the future of employment in America. He is the co-author of a new report called the Great American Jobs Reshuffle based on the American Perspectives Survey of almost 2500 American adults. And he’s here to tell us all about it.
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