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It began as an internal battle. With two Peakon offices – one in London and the other in Copenhagen – bragging rights were up for grabs. Which was the better place to work? Who had it easiest, and who had to compete with the more stressful national work culture?

At Peakon, we are passionate about helping organisations create the most enjoyable and productive working environments for their employees. In the first in a new series of engagement reports, we uncovered the factors that drive the motivation of men and women in the workplace.

We asked 3,000 UK people “How concerned are you that Brexit will negatively impact your job in the next 6 months?” with responses ranging from “Not at all” to “Extremely” concerned.

Our second article in the Millennial myth-busting series focuses on a common misconception. It tackles the myth that Millennials do not have the resilience to deal with criticism or delayed gratification at work.

This is part of a new series dispelling the myths around millennials and work. One such myth is that younger employees are simply lazy and inefficient at their job. This is completely untrue, and this article tries to tackle the root cause of the misunderstanding.

Exactly one year ago today Peakon was born. Back then, Dan was mainly working on his own, figuring out how we could bring together decades of organisational research with the latest data-analytics possibilities. A year later and we’re now a 12 strong team, with a product that’s already changing how businesses work!

Yahoo paid Marissa Mayer $42m in 2014. Microsoft paid Satya Nadella $84m, almost 3000 times the US median pay of $27,000. But are they worth it?

Are Amazon workers unhappy? We downloaded and analysed over 1 million public tweets to find out.