Research shows business leaders are earning more and taking more time off but the picture is different for employees
Lockdown means we’re all losing touch with just about everyone. I vaguely remember these things called friends, but frankly “normality” is now such a long time ago that the details are blurry. In this out-of-touch Olympics, it turns out there is, however, a clear winner: bosses.
A gold medal is the bosses’ reward for living on an entirely different planet from their workers (everywhere except for the Resolution Foundation, obviously). At least that’s the takeaway from a global survey by Microsoft that polled 30,000 people from 31 countries, focusing on office work that has moved online. The Work Trend Index found that 62% of business leaders were personally “thriving” during the pandemic. The lucky things were also more likely to be earning more and to have been able to take more of their annual leave.
