Changing the way we work
EP218 | The evolution of flexible working and the importance of work-life integration 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4JGN3ANTfQ9UduR8afgXfY?si=cv_qfpI_TxyMrqEfs5Dwkw 📖 https://wave-rs.co.uk/blog/dave-talks-to-juliet-turnbull --- We need to all take a step back. We’re in a period of transition and there needs to be time for a mindset shift. Pre-pandemic, back in 2014, everyone thought Juliet Turnbull was on the zeitgeist when she set up 2to3days. “It was me, John Wayne and a whole load of tumbleweed.” Then the pandemic hit and set about the biggest shift in how we work since World War II. We now find ourselves in a washing cycle, where you have early adopters of flexible working, those that are resisting it, and others who don’t know what’s best for their business and there’s a real tension. The younger generations - Millennials and Gen Z - are are coming through saying “I’ve seen my parents work rigidly whilst trying to juggle everything, they’re burnt out and I don’t want that.” Meanwhile, the baby boomers and older generations who are still leading the UK PLC and have been brought up in a different way of working are struggling to adapt. More women are coming out of university education than ever before and that is only set to rise. There’s a lot of change and that is hard for many - it’s human nature to automatically resist change. The pandemic’s impact on work is monumental. Though brutal for women at the time, it has done more to shift the status quo than anything else in recent history.
