What will work look like? How many hours will you work in an average week? Atlassian Work Futurist Dom Price shares his predictions ...

So here at #girledworld we're a little bit obsessed with what work will look like in the 21st Century, and since 2017 have engaged with 30,000+ high school and tertiary #students across Australia to equip them with #industry #knowledge, workplace #mentors and #softskills for the #futureofwork.

So we leaned in when Atlassian Work Futurist Dominic Price took to the stage at Pause Fest this week to share his predictions on the #evolution of #work ...

According to Price, the traditional working hours of 9 to 5 will soon be obsolete, because that's not how companies will get the BEST out of their people.

Instead, Price believes work-life #balance is critical for the new workplace which will see individuals work in batches and bursts to suit their #energy, #tasks and #skills.

Interesting then, when we look at the average Australian worker today, as data shows that due to the 9 to 5 24/7 nature of modern work today's worker is doing 240hrs (six weeks!) of unpaid overtime p.a, but these extra hours are NOT actually increasing #productivity (The Australia Institute 2019).

For a round-up of Dom's predictions see this article from Work and Careers Reporter Natasha Boddy at The Australian.

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