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Last Friday, we said goodbye to 2025 in full disco glam at Effectory HQ! 🪩✨
 
Sparkly dresses, shiny shirts, and enough mirror balls to light up the whole city of Amsterdam. We started with a long festive lunch, then moved on to dancing, games, and a karaoke afterparty. 💃
 
Some colleagues brought out hidden musical talent and hit notes nobody saw coming. 🎤
 
On Monday, there was still glitter all over the office. Worth it. ✨
 
Huge thanks to Juliette, Jennifer, Céline, Bart, Orla, Isabelle, and Lausanne for organizing, and to all Effectorians for bringing their most shiny selves to work all year! 💛
 
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According to IPPR, UK employees now lose the equivalent of 44 days of productivity a year by working while sick. 🤒 That's up from 35 days in 2018.

The cost of employee sickness to businesses has risen by £30 billion since 2018. Only £5 billion of that comes from more sick days; the other £25 billion is the hidden cost of presenteeism, where people keep working despite being unwell.

And this isn’t just a UK problem. Across Europe, studies consistently show that presenteeism outweighs absenteeism in its impact on productivity and wellbeing.

This isn’t resilience. It slows recovery, spreads illness, and reduces performance across the organization.

For HR professionals in Europe, the real challenge isn’t cutting absence. It’s creating a culture where recovery is respected and wellbeing is valued as part of productivity.

What’s one step your organization has taken to tackle presenteeism? 👉 Download the guide 'Busy doesn't mean productive': https://go.effectory.com/download-guide-productivity-effectory

Ever notice how “busy” can quietly replace “productive” in workplace culture? 🤔

It shows up in meetings that go nowhere, tools nobody really uses, targets without context, and long hours that drain more than they deliver.

These habits can be hard to spot (and even harder to challenge), but they shape how teams spend their time, energy, and focus.

We’ve highlighted 5 common productivity myths that HR leaders keep running into, along with the facts to replace them.

👉 Swipe through the pictures. Which of these myths still shows up in your organization?

Download the full guide: 'Busy doesn’t mean productive': https://go.effectory.com/download-guide-productivity-effectory