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burnout

The burnout pandemic: Why more of us are leaving our jobs

Emma Pearson February 3, 2023

A wave of UAE professionals would like to quit their jobs to focus on their mental health in 2023, according to a new report. Since spring 2021, the “great resignation” has seen more people than ever before leaving their jobs after the Covid-19 pandemic caused workers to reassess their priorities. And the trend is set to continue into 2023 in the UAE, according to the Bupa Global 2022 Executive Wellbeing Index. The report showed that

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four day work week

How a 4.5 day work week is good for you

Ann Marie McQueen December 21, 2021

When the UAE announced that it was cutting the national working week to four and a half days at the start of 2022, the pioneering move made global headlines. The sound of staff in human resources departments across the world choking on their morning coffee was all but drowned out by the clatter of keyboards as nine-to-fivers everywhere Googled “Living and working in the United Arab Emirates”. The UAE has taken this step – a

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barista

My work, barista edition: ‘You need a lot of patience and a level of peace within you’

Georgie Bradley April 27, 2021

In the Livehealthy series called “My work”, we delve into how people in the UAE deal with their job stress. We do this anonymously so people can be totally honest about their experiences without fear of reprisal. For this piece, we spoke to a 30-year-old barista who works at a coffee shop in Dubai. You need a lot of self-control in order to not lose your cool in pressure-cooker situations, because they happen all the

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work

My work, lawyer edition: ‘Time zones don’t mean anything to clients’

Georgie Bradley January 24, 2021

Livehealthy is starting a new series called “My work”, where we delve into how people in the UAE deal with their job stress. We do this anonymously so people can be totally honest about their experiences without fear of reprisal. Pre-Covid, we spoke to a 41-year-old associate lawyer who works at an international law firm with offices in Dubai. Time zones don’t mean anything to clients. They’ll call you anytime they want and expect a

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