Wellbeing index | New research reveals UK as a top European country for work-life balance

Work-life balance is one of the biggest hot-button issues of the year.

For employees, it’s an issue that they’re willing to completely transform their careers to avoid. In fact, a massive 77% of employees in the UK have experienced burnout at least once in their current jobs.

As a result of experiencing the hardships that poor work-life balance makes standard, 57% of job-seekers say a poor work-life balance is a dealbreaker when they’re considering a new job.

Despite these worrying statistics, new data from the 2023 European Life-Work Balance Index, found that the United Kingdom is the seventh-best nation in Europe for balancing the demands of work and personal life. This number is perhaps higher than some would assume.