Tag: Work-life Balance

Prioritizing employee happiness isn’t just good for company retention - it makes them more productive by 13%, according to research from Oxford University's Saïd Business School.

The survey of 8,000 UK professionals showed that 42% would be more inclined to stay on at their job if they were offered health and wellbeing benefits.

A four-day work week has the capacity to transform our quality of life and bring additional value to our work. And from an environmental perspective, it can lower our daily ...

“It’s time to focus on the detrimental effect work can have on our mental health,” said Dr. Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO.

By providing a path for workers to upskill and advance their careers, employees are more likely to stay on at that company.

According to the company’s data, stays of 28 or more days now take up one-fifth Airbnb’s business following its commitment to a work-from-anywhere policy.

A whopping 71% of employees say that their wages have not kept up with the pace of inflation in July, up from the 58% who said so in February.

“The transition to remote work because of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a key driver of the recent surge in housing prices,” wrote the authors.

Companies have touted their overzealous paid time-off policies in recent months in an effort to attract and retain the burned-out workforce.

What workers need from their managers moving forward is more adaptability, authenticity, empathy and humanization, and less rigid leadership.