Posts tagged "burnout"

You've heard of the four-day work week, but what about the four-and-a-half-day work week? That's the proposal being put forward by Heaps Normal, which is calling for a half-day on March 1 in the name of employee wellbeing.

Australian workers also expressed concern about burnout, with 87% reporting burnout in the past 12 months.

Our modern lifestyle is marked with continuous connectivity and a hustle mentality that is slowly poisoning our sense of wellbeing, writes Adam Jelic.

You’ve probably heard about the “great resignation” which saw large numbers of people resigning from their jobs in the US in 2021 and 2022. We didn’t see resignations over and above what is normal in Australia. However, we did see workers resisting the post-COVID return to the office.

Despite the spike, however, getting a compensation payout isn't easy, with scores of claims rejected.

Eleven of Australia's 20 largest employment sectors are facing a skills shortage in 2022, the National Skills Commission says.

'Quiet quitting' is really just another buzz term to describe a rise in employees who are part of the team but checked out.

The co-founder of The Huffington Post has waded into the "quiet quitting" conversation with an optimistic vision of a workplace where staff are "joyfully joining" instead.

We are all living in an epidemic of urgency and busyness. Unless we are flat out and working ridiculous hours, we are judged, and we often judge ourselves as lazy or unproductive.

Mia Fileman is an award-winning marketing strategist, but everybody makes mistakes.

Rhian Allen shares the 10 painfully common business mistakes she sees entrepreneurs from around the world make.

Daniel Kniaz, founder and CEO of DiviPay, lays out the challenges SMEs may face when transitioning to hybrid work and how to overcome them.