BBC WORKLIFE: The hidden tactic overloaded workers are using to catch up

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“We’re seeing more of this, because since the [last] recession most organisations got mean and lean,” explains Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology at Manchester Business School and president of the CIPD. “We’re only beginning to realise how big an issue this is.”

Cooper estimates that around a third of employees worldwide have taken time off work to catch up with their backlog, and worries that it becomes more likely in the event of another recession.

“We’re seeing more of this, because since the [last] recession most organisations got mean and lean,” explains Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology at Manchester Business School and president of the CIPD. “We’re only beginning to realise how big an issue this is.”

Cooper estimates that around a third of employees worldwide have taken time off work to catch up with their backlog, and worries that it becomes more likely in the event of another recession.