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   Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 22:42:12 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

   If nutrition & eating are central to good health (and mental acuity), then the TUC's finding that one in six workers are skipping meals because they cannot afford the food, is not just a health issue (which may be contributing to the UK continued health crisis), but also could be (yet one more) factor underlying the productivity puzzle...

   Incremental productivity gains often come from the shopfloor, but hungry workers seem less likely to innovate!

   #workers #health

   https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/12/one-in-six-uk-workers-skipping-meals-to-make-ends-meet-says-tuc

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 22:42:11 JST Charlie Stross

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     @ChrisMayLA6 I remember visiting the Google campus in the early 00s and marveling at the free food … which is something I gather they've cut right back on in the past couple of years. Yet another indicator to add to the list of "corporate death spiral" signs …?

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:42:48 JST Charlie Stross

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     @ChrisMayLA6 Cutting the catering is like union-busting and going after whistleblowers: short-term justifiable b/c it makes the bottom line go up, but in the long term it's burning the seed corn.

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     Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:42:49 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

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     • Charlie Stross

     @cstross

     a canary in the cafe?