Not Happy At Work? Blame The 'Happiness Engineer'
December 14, 2013
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as posted by the channel"Despite the sobering economic shocks of recent years, the Fun at Work movement seems irrepressible. Major companies boast of employing Chief Fun Officers or Happiness Engineers; corporations call upon a burgeoning industry of happiness consultants, who'll construct a Gross Happiness Index for your workplace, then advise you on ways to boost it. (Each week, Warby Parker asks "everyone to tell their happiness rating on a scale of zero to 10," Mr. Blumenthal explained.)
Countless self-help bloggers offer tips for generating cheer among the cubicles ("Buy donuts for everyone"; "Hang movie posters on your walls, with employees' faces replacing those of the real movie stars"). It's all shudderingly reminiscent of David Brent, Ricky Gervais's wince-inducing character from the British version of "The Office"; or of the owner of the nuclear power plant in "The Simpsons" who considers distracting attention from the risk of lethal meltdowns by holding Funny Hat Days."* Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Desi Doyen (Green News Report) and comedian Lee Camp (Moment of Clarity) break it down on The Young Turks.
*Read more here from Oliver Burkeman / NY Times:
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