15 Oct 2020
WORK180 Response
5yThis statement is incorrect. No-one is expected to work a 12 hour day (unless an employee chooses to work a compressed work week themselves). I completely empathise that it can be hard to “switch off” when working from home and the lines between work and home time can become blurry. We absolutely don’t want this though.
In terms of being overworked, the employee engagement survey (we use Culture Amp) conducted in 2020 demonstrated the opposite. It saw us score a 9% above the Australian average and 6% above the UK average for work-life balance (total score was a highly favourable 89%).
To add to this, WORK180 now operates on a 9 day fortnight on full pay. We believe that working hard during the week, means that people should be rewarded with a 3 day weekend twice a month. This was implemented in July 2020.
I’m a bit confused about the statement of taking credit for other people's work. That would have absolutely no benefit for a CEO to do. I’m also confused about the statement of “getting rid of employees because she doesn’t like them”. That wouldn’t be an intelligent way to run a business in my view (it is also against our moral values), we are focused on performance and contribution.
Our recent employee engagement survey (we use Culture Amp) shows a different narrative to what has been written above. In every area, we scored significantly higher than the Australian and UK averages. Examples include:
> Feedback and recognition: 19% above the Australian average and 20% above the UK average
> Leadership: 14% above average across both regions
> Collaboration and Communication: 11% above average across both regions
> Alignment and involvement: 6% above the UK average and 5% above the Australian average