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Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours
    #28483487 - 09/26/23 09:38 AM (4 months, 5 hours ago)

Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours
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A recent scientific study has uncovered an intriguing connection between the use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in certain “magic” mushrooms, and reduced overtime work among full-time employees. While the study’s findings aren’t conclusive proof of causation, they shed light on how psychedelic substances might influence work habits. The research has been published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the potential therapeutic benefits of psilocybin, with ongoing research exploring its role in treating mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety. However, less attention has been paid to how these substances might influence everyday aspects of life, including our work habits and so-called “quiet quitting.”

Quiet quitting refers to a phenomenon where employees, particularly in the United States, increasingly prioritize work-life balance over excessive workplace engagement. Instead of going above and beyond their job duties, these employees simply fulfill their basic responsibilities and are often reluctant to work overtime. This trend is driven by a desire to prioritize personal well-being and family relationships, and it poses potential long-term negative effects on productivity in some companies.

“Numerous scientific studies have demonstrated that psychedelic drug use is rising in the United States while several media reports have suggested increased use among employees. Because of this, I’m motivated to better understand how psychedelic drug use affects organizations and the workforce more generally,” said study author Benjamin A. Korman, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bamberg.

For his study, Korman analyzed data from a large, nationally representative survey called the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The survey included responses from over 217,000 individuals aged 18 or older from the United States who were employed full-time between 2002 and 2014. Full-time employment here refers to working for an organization and excludes self-employed individuals or those working without pay in a family business.

The key independent variable in the study was lifetime psilocybin use, which categorized respondents into those who had used psilocybin at least once and those who had never used it. The dependent variable was the number of overtime hours worked in the past week, calculated by subtracting 40 hours (the standard workweek) from the total hours worked.

Several covariates were considered, including age, sex, educational attainment, marital status, annual household income, business category, self-reported engagement in risky behavior, and lifetime use of various other substances, including marijuana, cocaine, stimulants, sedatives, heroin, PCP, and MDMA/ecstasy.

Initially, it appeared that lifetime psilocybin use was positively associated with overtime hours worked. Individuals who had used psychedelic mushrooms at least once in their lifetime tended to work more overtime hours than non-users. However, when Korman controlled for various factors such as age, gender, education, marital status, and more, the association between psychedelic mushroom use and overtime work flipped – it became negative.

But what explains this flip? Psychedelic users are more likely to be male and well-educated compared to the general population, which are both factors related to working in industries that commonly require or encourage overtime work. After these factors were accounted for, psilocybin use was negatively associated with overtime hours worked.

On average, psilocybin users clocked about 3.60 minutes less of overtime per week. While this may not seem like much on an individual level, when you multiply it by the estimated 15 million full-time workers in the U.S. who have used psychedelic mushrooms, it adds up to 44 million fewer overtime hours worked per year.

To examine whether the findings were specific to psilocybin, Korman conducted further analyses that included other classic psychedelics like LSD and mescaline/peyote. However, the negative association between lifetime psilocybin use and overtime hours remained significant, while the use of these other substances showed no such link.

“I was surprised to find that psilocybin, but not other classic psychedelics (LSD or mescaline), was linked to employees’ overtime hours worked,” Korman told PsyPost.

These findings carry significant implications, especially in the context of the ongoing discussions about the decriminalization and legalization of psilocybin in various parts of the United States. While it might seem that reduced overtime work could be costly for organizations, it is also possible that employees who have used psilocybin may be more productive during their regular work hours, reducing the need for overtime to complete tasks.

However, it’s crucial to note that the study has limitations. The cross-sectional design doesn’t establish causality, and the data used are somewhat dated (employment information was not available in the NSDUH survey data from 2015 onward), possibly not fully reflecting current trends in psychedelic use and work habits.

“One major caveat of the study is the correlational nature of its findings,” Korman explained. “This means that we cannot know whether employees’ use of psilocybin lead to their reduced overtime hours worked. Furthermore, the psychological mechanism linking psilocybin use to employees’ overtime hours worked was not studied. The theoretical reasons why psilocybin use may be linked to employees’ overtime hours worked remains, therefore, untested.”

Future research could delve deeper into this intriguing connection. It could explore whether psilocybin-induced changes in mindfulness, connectedness, and nature-relatedness mediate the effect on overtime hours worked. Further studies could also investigate the long-term effects of different classic psychedelics, as their impacts may vary.

“Although the study has its weaknesses, it will hopefully encourage other researchers to consider the unique influences that psychedelic drug use in the workforce may have on organizations,” Korman said. “More refined studies could look at whether the amount of psilocybin use, or the purpose of its use (e.g., recreational vs. medical), has differential effects on work-relevant outcomes.”

The study, “On the mushrooming reports of “quiet quitting”: Employees’ lifetime psilocybin use predicts their overtime hours worked“, was published online on July 31, 2023.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: Ythan] * 3
    #28483497 - 09/26/23 09:47 AM (4 months, 5 hours ago)

"Quiet quitting refers to a phenomenon where employees, particularly in the United States, increasingly prioritize work-life balance over excessive workplace engagement. Instead of going above and beyond their job duties, these employees simply fulfill their basic responsibilities and are often reluctant to work overtime. This trend is driven by a desire to prioritize personal well-being and family relationships, and it poses potential long-term negative effects on productivity in some companies."

What in the actual fuck.

This is just describing healthy boundaries when you have a shitty job.

I heard that having to pay people also has negative long-term effects on a company's earnings. Slave labor was so much more profitable. Real shame there.

I always took "quiet quitting" to mean something much more severe than that. More of a "I dare you to fire me when I'm doing everything by the book" sort of thing.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: B Traven] * 2
    #28483696 - 09/26/23 01:14 PM (4 months, 1 hour ago)

Lol I had the same reaction. What would motivate someone to even investigate this question?  And the fact that they used “quiet quitting” in the title of the actual study… seems like a smear campaign. They even had to find the right variables to control for in order to get the correlation to flip the right (wrong) way. How do they know that people who use psilocybin aren’t actually being MORE productive and that is why they need to use less overtime, actually saving the company money. Not that I care about profits, or productivity or any of that nonsense - just pointing out how easy it is to skew the interpretations of so called “science” to fit a narrative.

Let’s look at the correlation between work productivity and greenhouse gas emissions, I’d like to see that one


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: Blue Cthulhu] * 2
    #28483709 - 09/26/23 01:29 PM (4 months, 1 hour ago)

It's interesting that these articles seem to assume that the reader cares about companies getting the best value from their employees. When do we get the trickles? Shell just did like a six billion dollar stock buy-back. That's like an up-trickle or something.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: GenericHero] * 5
    #28483786 - 09/26/23 02:32 PM (4 months, 41 minutes ago)

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When do we get the trickles?






Trickle down economics has always been nothing but a golden shower for the working class.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: VP123]
    #28483805 - 09/26/23 02:46 PM (4 months, 27 minutes ago)

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Trickle down economics has always been nothing but a golden shower for the working class.




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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: sonoramo] * 3
    #28483865 - 09/26/23 03:45 PM (3 months, 30 days ago)

The correlation with mushroom use is exclusively because mushrooms are becoming a fad, while at the same time "Quiet quitting" (aka, doing your job as it is written) is becoming a common thing.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: Ythan] * 7
    #28484287 - 09/26/23 09:58 PM (3 months, 30 days ago)

Interesting how all they focus on is lost productivity for companies, and they don't even mention that maybe these employees are striking better and more healthy work/life balances. They don't even bother to suggest that maybe these workers are better adjusted, happier, and choosing to spend more time with their families.

Is working tons of overtime actually a good thing for the people doing it? I have some doubts that this is healthy, well adjusted behavior.

I think it's more likely that working overtime is linked to depression, stress, and anxiety, which psilocybin is likely to reduce.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: nooneman] * 2
    #28484291 - 09/26/23 10:10 PM (3 months, 30 days ago)

Studies....

Not long ago I read about a study that suggested a 4 day work week resulted in a boost of productivity.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: nooneman] * 2
    #28484532 - 09/27/23 09:12 AM (3 months, 30 days ago)

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I think it's more likely that working overtime is linked to depression, stress, and anxiety, which psilocybin is likely to reduce.





That was my thought too - working lots of overtime is not a sign of good mental health.

Also "On average, psilocybin users clocked about 3.60 minutes less of overtime per week" hardly seems like enough time to make a difference.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #28484554 - 09/27/23 09:34 AM (3 months, 30 days ago)

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I think it's more likely that working overtime is linked to depression, stress, and anxiety, which psilocybin is likely to reduce.





That was my thought too - working lots of overtime is not a sign of good mental health.

Also "On average, psilocybin users clocked about 3.60 minutes less of overtime per week" hardly seems like enough time to make a difference.




I really wonder about the methodology at that point, too.

A lot of people on salary don't even keep track of their hours very well. Most of them probably end up working more than 40 hours a week.

In all likelihood, the study primarily examined hourly employees. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that if you divide the population of hourly employees into people who take psilocybin and people who don't, there will be substantial differences between those two populations. Maybe the people who eat mushrooms tend, on average, to have a higher education level and/or be under-employed. Maybe the people who don't are more often in jobs or industries where overtime is more commonplace. Maybe there's not much difference at all, but outliers like that drive the numbers.

They briefly toss out the caveat that these are only correlations, but that doesn't begin to cover it.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: Ythan] * 1
    #28485897 - 09/28/23 03:33 PM (3 months, 28 days ago)

The person who took contraband to begin with was disaffected by the color of authority. You are questioning the boundaries of your own reality, and you are already placing yourself in the role of a gatekeeper.

Employee reviews is the same basic process as going over your schoolwork to see where you went wrong and the teacher settling on participation or citizenship or technically the right answer but not what they are looking for or you don't let anyone pass on the first attempt...

We used to save stacks of labels, to show where we had been, and timesheets, etc, etc, ad nauseum...

Anyone who can retrace their steps consciously does not need a minder, who will have to make up bad excuses to justify their own employment.

Use your enlightenment accordingly.


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Re: Psychedelic mushrooms and quiet quitting: Psilocybin use tied to working fewer overtime hours [Re: durian_2008] * 2
    #28491010 - 10/03/23 01:37 PM (3 months, 24 days ago)

Mushrooms help you realise the bullshittery of most modern office jobs. I don't want to spend a minute more working than I have to. In fact when working from home I barely work 10% of the time. I come in late and leave early the 1-2 days I am in the office. And no one can fire me because worker protection is insane in my country. All that while being a top 1% earner, the world is an insanely sick cruel place. I don't feel guilty for a second.


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