#580 - Grab Reverts to 5-Day Office Week & Singapore Ranks 3rd Worldwide in Burnout

Is the pandemic honeymoon truly over? Singapore tech giant Grab is ending hybrid work for its employees and summoning everyone back to HQ, continuing a trend we’re seeing across the world. We discuss what working from home means for employees, as well as employers in various industries. Heck we even talk about us, and how we pivoted from recording YLB from home, to our studio! Also, Singapore recently ranked 3rd in a global ranking on burnout. Why are we so good at being so bad?

(00:00) Words of Wisdom
(01:00) Intro
(05:07) Grab Reverts to 5-Day Office Week
(30:55) Singapore Ranks 3rd Worldwide in Burnout
(43:37) One Shiok Comment
(46:46) One Shiok Thing

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Grab Reverts to 5-Day Office Week

• Grab employees required to work 5 days a week in office starting Dec 2
• Grab Singapore's back-to-office policy will start from December 2
• S'pore Grab staff must go back to office 5 days a week from Dec. 2, 2024
• All employers in Singapore must fairly consider flexi-work requests from Dec 1 under new rules
• All employers must have process for workers to request flexible work arrangements from December

Singapore Ranks 3rd Worldwide in Burnout

• Singapore face rising burnout as country ranks third globally in stress-related Google searches
• Most burnt-out cities revealed - Instant Offices
• Cities with the Best Work-Life Balance 2022

One Shiok Comment

• Comment from mushroom_12345

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