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Can you guess the most overworked cities? (Picture: Getty\/Metro.co.uk)The pandemic threw the world of work as we knew it on its head.\u00a0
\nWe\u2019ve seen working-from-home burnout arise, along with people putting in longer hours at home \u2013 as a result of professional and personal boundaries being blurred.\u00a0
\nWork-life balance has never been more important.\u00a0
\nBut new research has shed light on the cities doing this well \u2013 and the ones falling short.
\nSoftware company Kisi looked at 50 cities worldwide, to see which encouraged a healthy balance of work and play.
\nThey focused on three key elements: work intensity, society and institutions and city livability \u2013 all of which they say play an important role in keeping a work-life balance, now and beyond the pandemic.
\nIt hardly comes as a surprise that Scandavania does incredibly well in the rankings \u2013 with Denmark, Norway and Sweden all making it into the top five.
\nHelsinki in Finland was named the best city for work-life balance \u2013 which makes sense considering that it was crowned the happiest country in the world earlier this year, too.
\nOther cities to make it into the top ten include Copenhagen, Ottawa, Munich, Vancouver, Amsterdam and Sydney.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\tBest cities for work-life balance:<\/p>\n
Helsinki, Finland
\nOslo, Norway
\nZurich, Switzerland
\nStockholm, Sweden
\nCopenhagen, Denmark
\nOttawa, Canada
\nMunich, Germany
\nVancouver, Canada
\nAmsterdam, The Netherlands
\nSydney, Australia<\/p>\n
Kisi commented: \u2018These cities had the best social, cultural and structural systems in place in order to provide their residents with the most well-rounded work-life balance, in terms not only of work intensity, but also livability, well-being and rights.\u2019
\nMore: UK<\/p>\n
However, the most overworked cities were also identified and, perhaps unsurprisingly, London was named as one \u2013 in tenth place.\u00a0
\nThe top three culprits were Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok, in first, second and third place, respectively.
\nThese locations were found to be where employees were the most burnt out, stressed and burdened by their work.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\tMost overworked cities:
\nHong Kong, Hong Kong
\nSingapore, Singapore
\nBangkok, Thailand
\nBuenos Aires, Argentina
\nSeoul, South Korea
\nTokyo, Japan
\nHouston, USA
\nKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
\nCalgary, Canada
\nLondon, UK<\/p>\n
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