One In Five Employees Is Highly Engaged and at Risk of Burnout (2018)
Around 10 years ago, I felt like I was burning out. I was travelling a lot (sometimes 20+ hour trips involving 3 planes, always in bloody economy...) and working stupid hours.<p>A few things have changed since, and I&#x27;m no longer anywhere near burnout.<p>I stopped travelling all the time, and I started working from home 4&#x2F;5 days - less time communiting meant more sleep, and it means I get to have breakfast and lunch with my family etc.<p>Then I moved to a 4-day working week a couple of years ago, taking a 20% pay cut in the process.<p>Work-wise, it&#x27;s the best thing I ever did! I spend less hours working, but somehow I don&#x27;t seem to be any less productive, so my employer is actually getting a pretty good deal TBH. And I get a 3-day weekend, which means more time for family, me, and side projects.<p>I can understand why employers are apprehensive about remote work and 4-day weeks, but I really think they need to modernise here - a lot of them still seem to be stuck in the mindset of prioritising &quot;bums on seats&quot; from 9-5, rather than <i>productivity</i> and happy employees.