A recent poll by employee wellbeing specialists Select Wellness showed, in the first half of 2022, 60% of employees reported their stress as being ‘overwhelming’, ‘severe’ and ‘extreme’ compared to 5% in the 12 months prior to that, and 3% in the 12 months prior to that. The industries most impacted include media and marketing, tech, finance, and recruitment.
This comes after their June 2022 analysis of over 1,000 mental health and well-being interviews which measured the severity of stress employees reported experiencing.
And 90% of the 200 employees from a diverse range of employers are self-reporting as feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about the future.
The other noticeable shift was a 20% rise over 12 months in the number of employees citing toxic workplace behaviours as the reason they were seeking EAP support