New research from Great Place To Work®, in partnership with Experian, reveals how supporting everyday life admin at work drives productivity, wellbeing and trust.
Download the report to access data‑driven insights from 2,400 UK employees and see how life admin support impacts performance at work.
We collected data from employees across key UK sectors and evaluated them using our Extended Wellbeing Index. This Index measures holistic workplace wellbeing across areas such as Interpersonal Relationships, Job Design & Fulfilment, Work-Life Balance, Psychological Safety, Mental, Physical & Financial Health, and General Evaluation of Wellbeing. Each sector received a Extended Wellbeing Index score and was ranked from highest to lowest based on their overall wellbeing experiences.
Life admin is something every one of us deals with. Yet for many employees, managing medical appointments, childcare, finances or paperwork still comes with stigma, guilt or fear of career consequences.
Our latest research shows that only 57% of UK employees receive any form of life admin support at work, despite its clear links to productivity, wellbeing and retention.
Permission to Thrive explores the strategic impact of life admin support at work. It shows how organisations that normalise this support within high-trust cultures help employees feel less stressed, more focused and better able to do their best work.
When employees work in high‑trust cultures, they are 3.5× more likely to receive life admin support.
When employees receive life admin support, productivity is 38 percentage points higher.
When employees receive life admin support, they are 3× more likely to report good work-life balance.
Download the Permission to Thrive report to understand how supporting life admin can improve work-life balance, wellbeing, and performance.
