‘Great Resignation’ a real risk

A recent report by global commercial real estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) surveying 3300 office workers, reveals the real risk of employees resigning after emerging from the constant lockdowns in Melbourne and Sydney.

Stay-at-home workers have become overtired and burnout with 61% saying that they don’t feel their time and effort during the pandemic has been fairly rewarded. Only 32% of workers said that they plan to stay with their company for the next two years.

74% of stay-at-home workers have struggled to maintain strong working and personal interactions with colleagues since having to work from home.

The ongoing pressures of the pandemic and work-from-home orders have employee’s burnout - 63% say that they lack the motivation and energy to perform well in their positions.

This is what Damien, a survey participant, had to say about working from home, “Even with team-building video calls, fun-side conversations and incredible wins resulting from our teamwork, I felt like I knew none of my teammates,” he says. “I didn’t feel like I really even had co-workers—or sometimes, even an employer. My worst days were filled with grief, anxiety, and sometimes tears.”

Companies that didn’t focus on the mental, social, and physical wellbeing of their employees during the pandemic, may find themselves in an unfavourable position when employees do make their return to the office.

www.JLL.com, (16 September 2021) “Workers struggle with Delta "whiplash".” https://www.jll.com.au/en/trends-and-insights/workplace/workers-struggle-with-delta-whiplash