Public servants getting burned out even before the pandemic
Researchers found that about half of American public servants said they were burnt out compared with 20% over workers overall -- then the pandemic hit.
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Researchers found that about half of American public servants said they were burnt out compared with 20% over workers overall -- then the pandemic hit.
No longer feeling the love, Michigan public service jobs becoming increasingly thankless By Martha Irvine STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - Teaching high school was Bill Mathis' dream job, the one he referenced in a childhood journal he still keeps: "I would love to be a teacher," he scrawled in pencil as a third grader. Now Mathis has taken a new job, in Michigan's newly legalized cannabis industry. The pay is better, the hours more regular, the stress less, he says. No longer does he worry that he'll catch COVID-19. "What about us and our families?" he asked his school board in Romeo, Michigan, las...