LA Search Champions Women’s Health with a 4-Day Work Week!

Leigh-Anne Makrygiannis, the inspirational founder of London digital marketing company, LA Search is implementing a 4-day work week from July 2022, to increase the happiness of her all-female team.

Leigh-Anne says,

“Surely, if the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the value of life, and the importance of the quality of our lives.”

The pioneering LA Search founder is a strong advocate of wellness at work and a good work/life balance. She continues,

“My awareness of the importance of wellness in the workplace arose from a situation I once found myself in where I was overworked and underappreciated in a career that wasn’t giving me a great deal of personal fulfilment. When my time with the company came to an abrupt end, I began to re-evaluate my entire perspective on life and work. It became very important to me that whatever I decided to do next would enable me to have a decent quality of life.

I’ve always had a very strong work ethic but taking time to reflect and figure out what was important to me has helped me to get a clearer picture of why my work contribution matters in the grand scheme of things and what I really want out of life.

Just over a year ago, I started my own company, LA Search, and, as a result of this earlier experience, I make it a priority for my team to do work they enjoy, work flexibly, take healthy breaks, and maintain a good work/life balance. We’re adopting a 4-day work week because I know how important it is to be happy at work.”

Leigh-Anne isn’t worried about the lost time either, she says,

“In several large corporations, an awful lot of time gets wasted on meetings, mismanagement, and dealing with our exhaustion, unhappiness, and inertia. I know from personal experience that a happier workforce is more productive and creative. As women, we tend to have health and family concerns that are uniquely female and incredibly exhausting. I think a lot of us are tired of sweeping things under the carpet and sacrificing our wellness to compete with a false standard of what makes a person productive and successful.

I think the old-fashioned corporate mindset has been exposed now, with so many people working from home reporting happier and more peaceful states of mind and so many companies reporting increased productivity. It’s the opposite of what a lot of people would have expected but it doesn’t surprise me at all.”