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WFH: the moment you realise you've been sat at your desk for 4 hours straight with zero breaks 😩 Office: the moment you realise you've been in the break room chatting about nothing for 45 minutes 🤭 Both: Ready for a refresh 😅

SIGNS YOU'RE QUIETLY EXCELLENT AT YOUR JOB 🏆 🔒 You remember *everything* 🧩 You make chaos make sense 📩 You send emails people actually read 🎯 You ask questions that unlock progress

ad | Burnout gets talked about so casually now that we’ve almost lost sight of what it really is. Real burnout isn’t “I’m a bit tired”: it’s debilitating. It can hospitalise people. It takes months to recover from. And that’s partly why this stat stopped me in my tracks: Deloitte research in 2024 estimated the cost of poor employee mental health (including burnout) at £51 billion. Not because everyone is burning out all the time, but because when it does happen, it’s catastrophic for the individual and expensive for the organisation. Lost knowledge, spiralling recruitment costs, teams absorbing extra load… it adds up quickly. But if we agree that true burnout is severe, surely the answer isn’t just to get better at catching people once they fall. It’s to stop them getting anywhere near that point. That’s why I’ve been looking at what Bupa and YuLife are doing, and am now proud to be working with them. Clinical support when you genuinely need it packaged with daily engagement that people actually use to deal with the early stage signs of burnout. Half of their members opening the app every day is unheard of for a health benefit. In a good way. Because it hints at something we’ve been missing: consistency beats crisis response. Supporting people shouldn't be about wrapping them in cotton wool; it should be about making the everyday healthier so the extreme moments are far less likely. At Flexa, when we talk about building sustainable companies, this is what we mean: designing work in a way that prevents problems instead of just reacting to them. #workplacewellbeing #futureofwork #employeebenefits 

Happy Friday, job-hunters! 🔎 We know that the job search has changed. It's not just about the title or the company anymore — everyone has their own list of non-negotiable factors when it comes to finding their next role. What do you care about most? Let us know, we're curious! 👇

Little things that ACTUALLY build trust at work 🔒 👂 Remembering someone's preferred ways of working 📅 Cancelling a meeting when the agenda's empty 🎯 Asking “what’s realistic?” not “how fast?” 📣 Sharing praise behind someone’s back

Are you being underpaid? 👀 Find out in less than 2 minutes (with zero awkward money chats required). Let's be honest: an open chat about salary at work is rarer than a pigeon with a pension plan. So how do you *actually* know if you're being paid what you're worth? 💰 You already know we've got you. Take our super-quick quiz to see how your salary stacks up — and whether it's time to have The Money Talk™ with your boss. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ecKMwvnJ

Rating things that happen in every online meeting: 🐶 Dog appears onscreen: 17/10, day is made 🔇 Someone forgets to unmute: -3/10, it's not 2020 anymore Keith 🥶 Someone freezes: 15/10, unlimited potential for iconic screenshots 🥱 "Can everyone see my screen?": 1/10, you know we can, please stop asking 😱 Someone accidentally shares the wrong tab (feat. juicy info): 5000/10, it's all the drama Mick I just love it

EVERY JOB APPLICATION: "Please ensure you attach your CV in one of the following file types." ALSO EVERY JOB APPLICATION: "Please now type out everything you already put on your CV again manually, we asked you to upload it for literally no reason." ✌️

🚨 JOB-HUNTERS! 🚨 We're bringing you an absolute SMORGASBORD of open roles today — could your next job be one of them? 💜 OVO is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (AI Platform): https://lnkd.in/eFF8P_tX 💜 Coppafeel is hiring a Challenge Events Assistant (3rd-party events): https://lnkd.in/eJi4hjYJ 💜 Mars UK is hiring an Earned Influence & Brand PR Transformation Manager: https://lnkd.in/euPKHxnx 💜 Canopy Simulations is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer: https://lnkd.in/eYctUQZv 💜 NHBC is hiring an HR MI & Systems Analyst: https://lnkd.in/e3nd4Gd4 💜 Patchwork is hiring an Implementation Manager: https://lnkd.in/eX5WCPgy 💜 Mott MacDonald is hiring an Economics Consultant: https://lnkd.in/eb87cJWK 💜 ValPak is hiring a Data Quality Manager: https://lnkd.in/eNb7-pHr 💜 Brit Insurance is hiring a Head of Capital & Treasury: https://lnkd.in/eafX9D6n 💜 Anglian Water Services is hiring an Assistant Regulatory Accountant (Capex): https://lnkd.in/eQZFBGiv 💜 BAE Systems is hiring a Senior Commercial Manager: https://lnkd.in/eNP5bjik 💜 ADS is open to speculative applications for any role: https://lnkd.in/e-MuHZ38 Good luck with your applications! And as always, let us know what kinds of jobs you'd like to hear about next 📣 #JobOpportunities #OpenToWork #OpenForWork #JobHunting

Enhanced paternity leave isn't just good for men - it's good for women too We often talk about parental leave as a benefit. But enhanced paternity leave, in particular, is a real marker of inclusion. Because when men take more leave, something powerful happens: - Caring responsibilities become more evenly shared - Women face less of the career penalty associated with early caregiving - Teams start seeing parenting as a human responsibility, not a gendered one - Companies remove one of the most persistent structural inequalities at work So, today I wanted to spotlight some of the Flexa-verified companies leading the way on enhanced, equal, or progressive parental leave 👇 💛 Vodafone - 16 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, plus the option to return on 80% hours at 100% pay 📡 Virgin Media O2 - 14 weeks paid paternity leave, plus neonatal leave and carers’ leave 🚆 SilverRail - enhanced leave covering adoption, neonatal care and shared parental leave 🍫 Mars UK - Equal Parental Leave policy, with 26 weeks at 90% pay, for every parent 🏦 ClearBank - 6 weeks paid paternity leave and neonatal leave 💛 EY - enhanced maternity and paternity leave, as well as shared parental leave 👗 ASOS.com - enhanced maternity and 8 weeks enhanced paternity leave 📞 BT Group - enhanced parental leave with 18 weeks full pay, 8 weeks half pay and 6 months statutory 🍺 The HEINEKEN Company - shared parental and adoption leave 🏦 Atom bank - enhanced parental leave and adoption leave You can discover more companies championing parental equality on Flexa ✨ ________________________ 👋 I'm Molly and I run Flexa, the platform that enables you to filter for your next employer based on what you really care about (like enhanced parental leave) 🔔 Follow me for musings on the future of work and equality