Burnout stories

Manchester tech conference to probe AI governance, cyber defence and deepfake hiring as business leaders weigh trust, risk and customer experience.

UK workers stay engaged but poor communication and missed updates are fuelling burnout, productivity losses and job-hunting plans, Firstup finds.

Dext adds time-tracking insight to help accountants and bookkeepers spot workload bottlenecks and client-heavy periods on its Advanced plan.

Cybermindz warns mental health-related absence could already be costing the UK, US and Australia's cyber sector more than 250,000 work days.

Heidi launches Heidi Remote wearable mic for NHS clinicians, aiming to curb smartphone workarounds and improve AI scribing in busy clinics.

Camp Digital returns to Manchester spotlighting ethical AI, inclusive design and hopeful technologists in a rapidly changing digital sector.

AI is speeding up shorter workdays but piling on more tasks, with rising collaboration, multitasking and weekend work, a study finds.

Fintech's risk frameworks are missing a vital safeguard: more women in decision rooms to challenge blind spots and prioritise resilience.

Women in tech mark International Women's Day by urging systemic fixes to finance, culture and leadership, saying quotas alone fall short.

Women in Australian tech aren't lacking drive - broken, opaque talent systems are quietly derailing their mid-career progression.

On International Women's Day, women are urged to own ambition, redefine leadership and demand workplaces that adapt, not the other way round.

As digital marketing leans on empathy and nuance, women shoulder unseen emotional labour that powers brands but rarely gets its due.

In a fatigued legal tech market, one marketing chief found that quiet empathy and mission, not louder features, turned clients into loyal advocates.

As AI reshapes work, women are using it to ditch outdated trade-offs and prove ambitious careers and rich family lives can coexist.

Women's integrative thinking is a critical, scarce asset in tech - yet chronic, invisible cognitive load is quietly degrading its value.

AI is exposing the invisible emotional labour taxing women leaders, turning unmeasured mental load into hard data companies can't ignore.

In cyber security, leaders with self-awareness and emotional intelligence now outperform purely technical experts under relentless pressure.

Plagued by digital burnout, a tech founder sparked techtimeout tuesday, convincing 2 million workers to step away from their screens.

Women in tech and finance say workplaces must be redesigned, with data-led accountability and digital finance access to match women's ambitions.

Sigma women reject shrinking and approval-seeking, choosing self-led clarity, quiet power and boundaries at every stage of life.