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.
Last modified on Fri 9 Apr 2021 04.30 EDT
HSBC and JP Morgan are to have thousands of employees working permanently from home, in the latest sign that some of the changes wrought by coronavirus could outlast the pandemic.
Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan’s chief executive, said 10% of the US investment bank’s 255,000 employees may work from home full-time. Other staff will continue to work at home for some of the time, he added in a letter to shareholders published on Wednesday.
Representatives for HSBC’s UK call centre staff are in discussions with the bank concerning up to 1,200 workers making a permanent switch to remote working.
The pandemic has canceled office parties, the holiday tradition that no one likes. Good riddance.
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This year, we can all avoid the office holiday party.10 000 Hours/Getty Images
This year, the holidays simply aren’t the same. We won’t be visiting our families, seeing our friends or even heading out to shops to do our holiday shopping, as we shelter in place to keep COVID-19 from spreading.
But there’s a silver lining as we hunker down at home this winter, one that’s like its own present: We won’t have to go to a work holiday party this year. One alternative that has emerged is the Zoom holiday party, which sounds like the only thing that could be worse than an in-person one. (PayPal is leaning hard into this with a marathon 29-hour Zoom party for its global workforce. Exhausting.)