Workers are increasingly burnt out - and AI nagging and notification pings aren't helping

• UK workers are 11% more overwhelmed by notifications than the global average, Atlassian study finds
• Workers 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 nearly half (49%) feel regularly burnt out.

Atlassian found one in five workers spend more than four hours per day responding to instant messages, and one in 10 spend more than seven hours per week in meetings.

This has led to three in four (73%) feeling overwhelmed by continual notifications and real-time communications, which is 11% above the global average.