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The chart above is from The Conference Board, and here’s the written summary — the “abstract,” you might say — of a report they did. Pay attention to this part:
Nearly 60 percent of companies reported that productivity increased in their organization over the past year. That’s according to a new survey from The Conference Board of more than 230 HR executives. But higher productivity may have taken a toll: 76 percent of respondents said that they had seen an increase in employees identifying as burned out; 72 percent said that more employees had sought mental health support; 60 percent said the number of vacation days used decreased; and 55 percent reported a decrease in work-life balance.
The COVID period, which isn’t really over but we’ve all come to believe and pretend that it’s over, has been very interesting in a work context. You have lots of themes swirling around out there. Some of the big ones:
- This will be the moment work changes forever: I am not sure this one is true. I think the biggest shift to work in the next 50 years will be automation and declining fertility rates / “replacement levels,” not COVID. I think COVID was a 14-month bump in the road that might see us get more remote and hybrid workers, and it might shift the talent market so that companies in Slovenia can hire people…
