What if you aren't thriving at work?
Emailing the wrong person and why we are hoarding leave.
Why are Australians hoarding their annual leave? In a new episode of The Floorplan, Matt and I discuss. We also consider some interesting research pointing to a less collegiate work experience for younger employees. And after a couple of BBC radio presenters made their true (not particularly kind) feelings public via a 'reply all' email sent in error, your hosts fess up to their own email disasters…..preview below.
A fascinating interview for you too.
Regular listener 'Jen' was listening to an earlier episode of The Floorplan featuring Professor Gretchen Spreitzer (S2E2) on the value of thriving at work when she had a revelation. It wasn't a particularly good one.
Jen realised she was not thriving. For a host of different reasons, she was experiencing the exact opposite. But the forensic and considered way she thought her way through everything is genuinely inspiring.
We reckon her experience will resonate.
Listen to S3E5 of The Floorplan here:
I wrote an article on annual leave and some worrying trends for The Conversation.
With the end-of-year holidays looming, it’s easy to imagine Australians are getting ready to check out of the workplace and head for the beach. But a recent survey shows Australians are not taking holidays nearly as often as they are entitled to.
The survey of more than 1,000 Australian workers, taken from July to September 2024, has found that employees have 160 million days of annual leave banked. More than one in five employees (22%) had accrued more than four weeks, with older workers having higher averages than their younger colleagues.
The findings coincide with another study showing nearly half of Australian workers report feeling burned out.
So how do Australians’ leave habits compare with workers in other countries, such as the United States and Japan? And can companies here force – or just encourage – workers to take a break?
You can read that here.
It’s a piece that has resonated, last week I did live spots talking about the issues on ABC across Australia, Sky News, and The Today Show.
As always, I’d love to hear about your experiences.
Libby x