Trends suggest employees are pushing back on hustle culture, stopping doing a bunch of work that doesn’t matter and instead prioritizing their mental health in the workplace.
There’s a growing realization that to get ahead, you also need some creative space to rest, iterate and ideate — and you can’t do any of those things if you’re always busy.
— Brooks E Scott (Executive Coach, Communications Specialist and DEI Strategic Advisor. He’s also the founder and CEO of Merging Path Coaching, where he’s coached hundreds of managers and trained thousands of employees. Formerly, VP of Safety Operations for a cybersecurity company, Manager of Operations for the protection team for the CEO and COO of Facebook, a New Jersey State Trooper and 5th grade school teacher).
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been grappling with the more, more, more culture for a while now (32 years in Business Development will do that to you, Lol). Each company I’ve worked for has asked employees for; greater sacrifice and commitment (taking away from family/personal time?), increased productivity (more overtime without pay?), more sales (anxiety-causing pressure to perform?), return on investment (“do more with less”, I keep hearing, which means produce more with fewer resources and investment from the company). On the flip side, I’ve also been the beneficiary of impressive generosity; an extra week off with pay at Xmas during the pandemic, a full year’s bonus even though the company was mostly shuttered for the final 3 months of our fiscal year, a $500 Xmas gift during the pandemic years, and an extra month salary for each employee because we suffered during a merger. Amazing, and not all bad in my world clearly. Regardless, to deal with with the heightened pressure, I’ve been challenging myself to achieve greater results with less work and sacrifice on my end. (I’ve allowed low value activities to fall off my radar completely. In general, I’m far more discerning about where, when and how I spend my time ;) So far so good! Just sayin’ :) Hugs and good luck. XO
Blessings,
Chatgirl
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