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Micro Retirement

29/04/2025
Micro Retirement Career Wellbeing Personal Burnout Work Flexibility Health & Safety EcosAgile

The world of work is changing rapidly and the concept of micro-retirement is becoming increasingly relevant. This practice involves planned career breaks to promote personal well-being, prevent burnout and acquire new skills. For HR departments, this is a challenge but also an opportunity to rethink talent management and work-life balance.

THE MICRO-RETIREMENT PHENOMENON

Unlike traditional retirement or sabbaticals, micro-retirement consists of shorter breaks ranging from a few months to a year. These breaks are planned throughout an employee's career and allow employees to recharge their batteries or pursue personal passions.

According to recent studies, micro-retirement is particularly prevalent among millennials and Generation Z, who see work flexibility as a priority. This phenomenon is driven by the need to better balance work and personal life, reduce the risk of burnout and improve psychophysical well-being.

IMPACTS ON THE HR WORLD

For HR professionals, micro-retirement represents a significant talent management challenge. Organisations need to adopt flexible strategies to:

  • Plan for absences: develop company policies to manage micro-retirement requests without compromising productivity.
  • Ensure business continuity: create internal and external talent pools ready to temporarily fill vacancies.
  • Encourage re-entry and career development : facilitate the re-entry of employees after a breakthrough refresher and training programmes.

ECOSAGILE, MICRO RETIREMENT MANAGEMENT TOOL

The adoption of advanced digital tools can help companies manage micro retirement. EcosAgile offers several solutions that can facilitate this process.

ECOSAGILE PEOPLE

It enables efficient workforce management and absence planning by monitoring employees' break needs.

ECOSAGILE ORGCHART

It supports the HR manager in managing change, including organisational change, identifying vacancies and visualising the evolving organisational structure.

ECOSAGILE TALENT

It facilitates strategic planning for high potentials, identifying succession solutions to fill vacancies and temporary management to ensure business continuity.

ECOSAGILE LEARNING

It facilitates the return of employees and the continuous updating of skills with tools that can be used remotely.

For the HR world, micro-retirement is an opportunity to rethink human resource management in a more sustainable and employee-focused way.

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