Work-life balance has overtaken salary as the top priority for office workers. While JLL’s 2025 Workforce Preference Barometer found that most workers have accepted hybrid policies for where they work, the new negotiation is over when they work. Now, 65% of all global workers rank work-life balance above pay (up from 59% in 2022), and Gen Z is acting on it most. Almost half of Gen Z global workers (49%) have even taken a lower-paying role in exchange for more flexibility and 59% say they would if given the chance. But JLL sited a “flexibility gap,” with 57% of all workers saying flexible hours would improve their lives, but only 49% actually having access to that. Some organizations have implemented “tailored flexibility” by providing autonomy over when hours are met rather than counting total days at an office in an effort to meet workers’ priorities. (Fortune)
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