Columnist John DeMont on what COVID-19, Gen Z and his own decision to work a four-day week have taught him about work-life balance.
A 2022 Microsoft Work Index study found that 52 per cent of Generation Zs and millennials, both globally and in Canada, said they’d think about leaving or switching their jobs in the next 12 months especially if their current position prevented them from enjoying their lives. - StockI was cautious about whether to go down to a four-day work week.
I am happy to also say that I see with greater clarity what the younger generations, who have a different attitude to work than my cohort, are on about. Besides, the nature of this work, which tends to depend on what is going on, is not the kind to bring on the “Sunday Scaries,” the dread the youngsters feel about the week ahead.
Vivek Murthy added, “Today, more and more workers are worried about making ends meet, dealing with chronic stress and struggling to balance the demands of both work and personal lives. The toll on their mental health is growing.”A 2021 study conducted by Mental Health Research Canadaat their jobs, and that only a third of respondents said that their company was committed to a low-stress workplace.
Meantime, “quiet quitting” — where employees perform their duties according to their work contract, but refuse to go the extra mile — has become viral enough to even hit the financial services sector, home to the country’s most committed worker bees. “We wanted to make a change to help people be less vulnerable to overwork, burnout and turnover, especially given the challenging and important nature of our work.”
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