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"For years there have been suggestions of widespread poor wellbeing among
architects. In many ways this is not surprising. It’s well established the
profession has a culture of long hours and (often unpaid) overtime, relentless
and pressured deadlines, high responsibility and liability and surprisingly low
starting pay, even after five years of university education.
Add to this the increasing pressures facing all workers in the construction
industry, including new procurement and contracting models, and it seems like a
recipe for trouble.
But up until now the perception has been just that. Despite much concern and
discussion, a mountain of anecdotal evidence, and a lot of harrowing stories,
there have been little firm data to elucidate the problems – let alone to
suggest means of improvement.
Now our new research, undertaken over the past four years, suggests the story
is not quite as straightforward, nor as entirely dire, as it might first
appear."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
