The Burnout Crisis in Pink-Collar Work
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The teachers, nurses, and child-care workers who haven’t already left their jobs because of low pay and stress are hitting their limit. Annie Lowrey, who recently wrote about this crisis, explains why bettering these “pink-collar” jobs would bolster America’s economy, and society itself, for decades to come.
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Compounding Strain
Isabel Fattal: How did the pink-collar crisis come about?
Measures of workplace strain and burnout are increasing across the entire country. COVID, the economic fallout from COVID, inflation, perhaps geopolitical strife—all those things are playing in. In
