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By Stewart Lowry (October 2008 Issue)
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It would seem that Britain is now working longer hours than ever before. Fears of job cuts during this period of economic instability are only proving to put the pressure on people to ‘demonstrate’ their commitment to the job by missing lunch breaks, coming in early and leaving late. Taking this into consideration, it’s not surprising that people feel unable to perhaps leave for days at a time to undertake a training course, if an hour away from your desk at lunch is considered ‘slacking off ’.

This is a worrying trend that could lead to employees lacking in key skills to thrive in their role. It might also have wider detrimental effects on employees who may feel undervalued if their employer doesn’t provide the training that they require to develop themselves and, subsequently, their career. From an employers’
perspective, where they have failed to nurture talent accordingly they will end up finding talent deficits that could lead to their businesses suffering in the long term.

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