The trick to keeping employee spirits up during Christmas

There are multiple distractions which can impact UK workers productivity during the festive season, including disruptive weather, corny Christmas music blaring in the office and the looming anxiety that you haven’t yet bought Uncle Phil a gift.

In fact, new research, by HR analytics company Peakon, found that over half (61%) of workers admit to slacking at work during the period.

When quizzed about why, a third (32%) said they had too much to plan ahead of Christmas day, whilst a worrying fifth (21%) admitted to feeling ‘burnt-out’.

The peak date of slacking was the final week before Christmas, which this year, falls on Monday 18^th, with more than half (57%) admitting to mentally signing out.