Almost a third (30%) of British workers reported that they don’t have a good work-life balance in their current job role. Now new findings from Delamere Health have revealed which industries are failing to sustain a positive work and life balance for their employees.
According to the research carried out by the data experts at Delamere, Education was the worst industry for work-life balance. The industry ranked highest on the index with a score of 0.46.
Here are the top five industries with the WORST work-life balance:
During the pandemic, the day-to-day work lives of teachers have been heavily impacted by the changes throughout the classroom. We asked a teacher in the North West to share how COVID-19 has affected his work-life balance.
“I work in a small independent school in the north-west spread across 5 sites. My specialism is History but due to the pandemic, I’ve been asked to teach other subjects. This has led to teachers having limited planning time while having an increased workload i.e. marking and planning.
As I am having to cover lessons I would usually not teach my working hours most definitely have increased. In terms of how this has impacted me is that usually where I would be able to cope with my workload within the hours of school I am having to plan while at home giving me less free time.”
ONS data looking into industry working hours and quality of work-life we have determined the industries most at risk of burnout. Construction is determined to be the most hazardous industry for burnout potential, with a score of 1.21 out of 4. The tech industry has the lowest chance of burnout with Information and Communication gaining a high score of 2.87 out of 4.
Combining data on which regions have the highest burnout potential we reveal that London is the most at risk, with a score of 0.65 out of 5 with high numbers of overtime on average and East Anglia has been crowned the best place for a healthy work-life relationship.
By tracking ONS data on average working hours before and after the pandemic, we have found that as expected, the agricultural industries have felt the stress more than the other industries with an 8.12% increase in average working hours. Also unsurprising is the 26% decrease in working hours in the accommodation and food industry due to the restrictions on the hospitality industry during the pandemic.
©️ Delamere. Study can be found at: https://delamere.com/blog/burnout-britain-the-effects-of-the-glorification-of-grind-culture