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Workplace burnout: Have you hit ‘permacrisis’?

Workplace burnout: Have you hit ‘permacrisis’?

Londoners’ four-day week win & Gen-Z office stress

The Standard · Rachelle Abbott

February 21, 202311m 16s

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Show Notes

“Permacrisis” was recently crowned word of the year and now a study suggests the stress fallout from this armageddon-inspired portmanteau is seeping into our workplaces - with young Gen Z staff members worst impacted.


Could a four-day week help balance things out?


The Leader podcast is joined by Heidi Chow, executive director of Debt Justice, a Bethnal Green-based charity, who reveals the results of their six-month trial to see if a four-day week could help staff “work smarter” and improve colleagues’ wellbeing. Will they keep the radical new schedule, or return to Monday to Friday?



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