6 job quality metrics every company should know. What companies can measure to drive meaningful improvement to workers’ well-being (Marcela Escobari, Brookings)

October 28, 2021

Today’s labor shortages make it an auspicious moment for companies ready to measure and improve labor conditions. To do so, corporate boards and management need a clear way to manage retention by understanding its link to job quality.

The economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has created a uniquely tight labor market with millions of unfilled job postings. Though shutdowns and business restrictions hit low-wage workers especially hard, evidence suggests that, in this recovery, they have options. Many low- and high-wage workers alike have seized the moment and quit their jobs in search of higher quality work and economic mobility.

6 job quality metrics every company should know (brookings.edu)

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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