Will bosses give time gained by tech advances back to workers?

In today’s world of work, there is a precious commodity rapidly increasing in importance in the minds of workers – time.

Since the COVID pandemic, the demand for flexible work arrangements has sky-rocketed, with workers seeking better work-life balance and more leisure time.

Calls for working from home, hybrid work and the four-day work week have all grown dramatically, as underlined in a recent study by recruitment firm Michael Page, which found flexibility is now the second most important factor for job-seekers, behind salary.

What’s also interesting, as Swinburne University research shows, is that a four-day working week can also benefit employers.

Time after time

Over the past century, an abundance of new technologies have dramatically disrupted the way we work.