No, you're not imagining it. Everyone seems to be talking about employee wellbeing lately.

Keeping employees content sounds like a reasonable thing to aim for regardless of circumstances, right? And yet it's taken a whole year of pandemic and remote work for "employee wellbeing" to become one of the most popular phrases in the HR community.

It's more than just a buzzword, though. When we look at how the pandemic has affected employees, it becomes clear that a focus on wellbeing is necessary for any company that wants to keep hitting its goals.