Update

 My interview with the Social Security Administration for disability benefits was yesterday. It was a phone interview. I thought it went well. I believe I qualify because of my health issues (eye and so on). Working in an office will be a problem especially because I will need time off for appointments. I await their decision. As I write this post I am enjoying a cup of green tea. I can't believe my eye became this much of a problem. I am not certain why I have to deal with so many health issues. I am not complaining though. So be it.

Layoffs

 I ran across a site that tracks layoffs in the tech industry. I saw the number of jobs lost and wondered what the hell is happening in tech. I saw that some companies reduced jobs at specific locations, reduced specific categories of jobs, and so on. Automation is clearly affecting jobs. It got me thinking about salaries in the tech industry. People may be forced to accept lower salaries and benefits. I wish this could be added to my current research.

The website: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/tech-layoffs-2025-list/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic

New labels

 There is a lot of information in my blogs. I not only post about papers I am working on. I blog about jobs, childhood memories, and significant activities. I added two new tags/labels recently. Use the new tags/labels to view PastJobHighlights and favorites.

https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/search/label/PastJobHighlights

https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/search/label/favorites

Please let me know what you think. As usual, I am looking for feedback on this blog.

Out

 Out again with my father.

Work on paper continues

The paper I am improving is a quantitative paper that tests a minor theory that higher compensation leads to higher work performance. I am in the process of looking into other theories on compensation and work performance. I started looking at the available research. I remember there was a lot of research in this area. To publish a paper, I will need to come up with new ideas. I would like to publish a qualitative paper that builds on the ideas in my quantitative paper - that staff that contribute significantly to some important activity in the work environment should be highly compensated so they are very motivated and perform well on the job. Compensation is important to work performance. 

I remember my paper on baseball salaries (compensation). That paper will be very useful. Sections from my baseball paper are included below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work on paper

In my last post, I thought of working on a new paper for publishing. Many, many months ago, I was working on improving school papers so that they could be published in academic journals. I will continue this work. I selected a paper on compensation and employee performance to improve. It is a topic I am interested in and I will work on improving that paper for publishing.

I prepared the paper for a Research Methods course I completed many years ago. It was one of several papers focused on the hand hygiene area. It was the paper just before the signature assignment - an earlier paper that led up to the signature assignment. I started the process. I read the paper, pulled up information on the paper from the blog for the course (https://fmooresignatureassignment3.blogspot.com/2016/08/assignment-9-submitted.html), and so on.

I already improved the signature assignment for this Research Methods course. I am very pleased with how it turned out. It is available as a preprint in ResearchGate.

(Links in the course blog no longer work. This means the paper is no longer available for viewing)

 

Update

 I can't believe it is Sunday already. The week went by in a jiffy. I had a cup of tea. It is one of those days. I have body aches. I feel a little weird. I feel like listening to music. It will assist in my recovery. Sometimes I am bored and have the urge to work on papers. Maybe I will start again soon. It will be at a slower pace though. My eye is better but I have issues.