Category: Employee Experience

How Do Employees Really Feel About Retirement and Retention?

While most working Americans recognise the value of employer-sponsored retirement plans, fewer feel confident in their financial futures. A recent survey by Voya Financial revealed that 90% of benefits-eligible employees with a retirement plan understand the tax advantages of contributing,...

Freshworks Accelerates McLaren F1 Team as Official Partner

Leading the F1 Drivers and Constructors World Championships, McLaren sits at the top of the “pinnacle of motorsport.” And whether you like the sport or not, its marketing power attracts some of the biggest tech and business names on the...

Food, Friends, and Flexibility: What Today’s Workers Really Want   

In a time when 76% of employees are now required to return to the office, workplace expectations are rapidly evolving, but incentives haven’t caught up. Nearly half (44%) of those recently brought back on-site say they were offered no perks...

Clear Wellbeing Support Is Key to Employee Retention

Many employees say that comprehensive health and wellbeing support from their employer could influence whether they stay in their role. According to new research from Aviva, 79% of workers said they would be more inclined to stay with an employer...

AI Boosts Productivity by 40%, But Leaves Workers Burned Out and Disconnected

A new study by the Upwork Research Institute reveals that while AI is unlocking massive productivity gains in the workplace, with workers reporting a 40% increase in output, this efficiency comes at a cost: emotional fatigue, burnout, and a shift...

Are You Tech-Ready, or Just Tech-Enthusiastic?

According to a recent Gartner survey of more than 200 customer service and support leaders, being savvy at choosing tech solutions only got teams halfway to success. Those proficient in evaluating vendors and products saw a 50% higher chance of...

Microsoft to Slash 9,000 More Jobs as AI Reshapes Tech Industry 

Microsoft is preparing to eliminate an additional 9,000 jobs globally as part of a broader effort to modernise operations and scale its AI capabilities. This latest round of redundancies follows an initial layoff of roughly 6,000 employees earlier this year,...

Gen Z Graduates, But the Job Market Skips Class

According to an iCIMS report, this summer’s graduating class is hitting the job market hard, 22% harder, in fact, than last year. Yet despite the flood of new applications, actual job openings aren’t growing in step. New graduates from the...

Gen Z’s Love-Hate Relationship with Email, Explained

More than half of Gen Z workers (60%) are turning to email not just for convenience, but as a buffer from workplace stress and awkward interactions, according to a new survey by ZeroBounce. Interestingly, 65% of Gen Z women say...

Young Employees Want to Learn. Why Aren’t Employers Teaching Them?

Despite growing concerns over a widening skills gap, UK employers are largely falling short when it comes to supporting the very generation they believe holds the key to the future workforce. According to the latest Business Barometer from The Open...