More than 40% of people with desk jobs feel burned out at work, a pandemic\u002Dera high, says a new global survey. Find out more.
, a pandemic-era high, according to a survey released Wednesday by Future Forum, a research consortium backed by Salesforce Inc.’s Slack Technologies. The pain is particularly acute outside the United States, where the burnout rate has been rising enough to offset slight improvements seen by American workers.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Regional pressures are also getting people down. In the U.K., strikes have crippled the country as public-sector unions protest what they see as paltry pay increases. Japan’s government has asked firms there to help workers cope with the highest inflation since 1981. French citizens have taken to the streets to protest the government’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62, which could result in some concessions around working from home, a government spokesman said earlier this week.
In the U.S., layoffs are mounting and return-to-office policies are shifting from being recommended to required. However, workers there seem to feel slightly happier than their international counterparts. Only 41 per cent of people surveyed in the U.S. said they felt burned out at the end of last year, just shy of the 42 per cent global rate and a modest improvement from earlier in 2022.
The Future Forum survey — conducted quarterly in the U.S., U.K., Japan, Australia, Germany and France — has found that pandemic-era workers with more freedom to choose where and when they work are usually more satisfied, productive and less likely to quit. In the latest poll, conducted late last year, more than half of those who said they were dissatisfied with their level of flexibility also said they were burned out.
“All the benefits of flexibility are about how you give people focused time, rather than sweating how many days of week they are in,” said Brian Elliott, a Slack executive who oversees the Future Forum research. “Flexibility also improves a company’s culture, and every time I tell executives this, it surprises them.”
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