Two-thirds of workers in the UK “languishing”
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Posted on Jun 9, 2021
More than two in every five workers say they are “languishing” at work, according to research from Randstad UK.
The term ‘languishing’ was coined by American sociologist Corey Keyes, who was struck that many people who weren’t depressed also weren’t thriving. ‘Languishing’ represents the emotional long haul of the pandemic as it has dragged on and has been described as ‘the dominant emotion of 2021’ and came to wider attention when the
More than two in every five workers told the recruiter Randstad that the pandemic had left them feeling ‘aimless’ while more than a quarter of employees said the pandemic had left them unable to concentrate properly. A third described how the pandemic had sapped their motivation.
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Labour has accused the government of outsourcing its flagship national tutoring programme, designed to help the most disadvantaged children catch up after the Covid pandemic, to a giant human resources conglomerate “with little tutoring experience”.
The £25m contract to provide one-to-one and small-group tuition, which is at the heart of the government’s catch-up programme for England’s children, has been handed to the vast Dutch multinational company Randstad, it was confirmed this week.
It is understood that Randstad, which has offices in 38 countries spread across five continents and an annual turnover of £17bn, put in a significantly cheaper bid than its only rival in the tendering process, raising concerns that the government has prioritised cost over quality.
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