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.