Workers are increasingly burned out – and AI nagging and notification pings aren’t helping

• UK workers are 11% more overwhelmed by notifications than the global average, Atlassian research shows
• Employees want flexibility to choose their hours, including focus time
• ‘Asynchronous’ work could be the answer – more below

UK workers are more stressed and burnt out than their global peers, new Atlassian research has found, with 70% saying they experience work-related stress and almost half (49%) feeling regularly burnt out.

Atlassian found that one in five workers spend more than four hours a day responding to chat messages, and one in ten spend more than seven hours a week in meetings.