WORKPLACE MONITORING STRESS
- A majority (81%) of survey respondents said that employers’ support for mental health will be an important consideration when they look for work in the future—including 30% of workers who strongly agreed that employer support for mental health will factor into their future job decisions. (Link)
- When asked to select from a list of a dozen possible supports that they would like to see employers offer, flexible work hours was the most commonly chosen support (41% of workers), followed by a workplace culture that respects time off (34%), the ability to work remotely (33%), and a four-day work week (31%). (Link)
- More than half of employees (53%) said their employer uses computers, software, cameras, bar-code scanners, or other technologies to monitor them while they work, while 47% said that their employer does not monitor them (to their knowledge). Of those who reported knowing that they are monitored, about half (51%) said they felt uncomfortable with the way their employer uses technology to track them. (Link)
- Employees who said they are monitored at work were more likely to report problems with emotional or psychological well-being at work. Six in 10 (60%) of those who said their employer monitors them also said that they typically feel tense or stressed during the workday, in comparison with fewer than four in 10 (35%) of those who said they are not, to their knowledge, monitored at work. (Link)
- Employees who said they are monitored at work were also more likely to report that their work environment has a negative impact on their mental health (45% vs. 22% of those who are not monitored) (Link)
WORKLOAD STRESS & BURNOUT
- A European Union's member states survey found that 28% of employees reported stress-related illness or health problems. (Link)
- One of the most common causes of workplace stress are workload (44%), no support (14%), and new changes at work (8%). (Link)
- Workplace stress caused difficulties to 65% of workers, and more than 10% described these as a reason behind major effects on their life. (Link)
- 67% of all workers believe that the pandemic has worsened burnout. (Link)
- 1 out of 3 workers say that their bosses consider work to be a top priority standing above family life. (Link)
- According to a third of employees, their employer expects an ideal employee to be available 24-hours a day. (Link)
- 18% of employed and 27% of unemployed workers mentioned struggling with mental health issues. An increase compared to the results before the pandemic (5% employed, 7% unemployed) (Link)
- Some more common stress factors are low salaries, less opportunity for growth, unrealistic job expectations, and long working hours. (Link)
- Evidence suggests that 12.7% of all sickness absence days in the UK can be attributed to mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety. (Link)
- At any one time, one in six people of the working age population of Britain experience symptoms associated with mental ill health. (Link)
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- 50% of employees have experienced at least one characteristic of burnout due to greater job demands and expectations, lack of social interaction and lack of boundaries between work and home life. (Link)
- Almost half of workers (46%) say they have worked in recent months despite not feeling physically or mentally well enough to perform their duties. (Link)
- Just over a quarter of workers (26%) say, they struggle to relax in their personal time because of work. (Link)
- 1 in 6.8 people experience mental health problems in the workplace (14.7%). (Link)
- Evidence suggests that 12.7% of all sickness absence days in the UK can be attributed to mental health conditions. (Link)
- In organizations implementing the Standard, 5% of employees say their workplace is psychologically unhealthy, compared to 13% in organizations that are not implementing the Standard who say their workplace is psychologically unhealthy or unsafe. (Link)
- 82% of Canadian employees with mental health issues indicate it affects their work, 17 while only 53% of those with physical health issues say it affects their work. (Link)
- 94% of U.S. workers report feeling stress at work. (Link)
- 63% of U.S. workers report they are ready to quit their job to avoid work-related stress. (Link)
- 73% of people report feeling stress that affects their mental health negatively. (Link)
- In Australia, prevalence of symptoms of depression (26 percent of respondents), anxiety (27 percent), and distress (32 percent) broadly align with global results. Burnout stands slightly higher than global results (28 percent), though lower than the regional average (30 percent). (Link)
BULLYING
- In the UK in 2022, the number of bullying claims lodged in the Employment Tribunal reached an all-time annual high, increasing 44% on the previous year. The most reported incidents included cutting remarks during video calls, deliberately leaving colleagues out of remote meetings and using messaging apps to gossip during colleagues’ presentations. (Link)
- Monster.com survey found that nearly 94% of employees said they had been bullied in the workplace. (Link)
- Around 55% of Indian employees are bullied at work, which can lead to grave mental health and other issues. (Link)
- 79% of working professionals have indirectly experienced or witnessed bullying at work. (Link)
- 61% of Americans are aware of abusive conduct in the workplace, and 60.4 million are affected. (Link)
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- When bullying is reported, 60% of American employers still react negatively. (Link)
- 1 in 8 American workers have experienced direct verbal abuse or threats. (Link)
- Experts say rise the of virtual working may have led to new patterns of harassment as tribunals citing bullying jump more than 40 per cent in a year. (Link)
- The analysis, conducted by law firm Fox & Partners, found that bullying claims increased from 581 to 835 between March 2021 and March 2022. (Link)
- Harm in the form of harassment, verbal abuse, or physical violence in the workplace—either by someone within his or her organization or outside of it—has been experienced by three in 10 workers (30%) within the last year. More than one in five employees (22%) said someone within their organization (such as a coworker or manager) or outside their organization had abused them verbally in the workplace. (Link)
- Many workers may not have experienced an abusive workplace but said they feel scared while at work. Black and Latino adults were more likely to say that they are often scared at work (29% for Black adults and 31% for Latino adults). (Link)
- Younger adults were also more likely to say that they are often scared when compared with adults ages 44 or older. A total of 38% of 18- to 25-year-olds and 32% of 26- to 43-year-olds reported feeling frightened at work compared with 17% of 44- to 57-year-olds, 10% of 58- to 64-year-olds, and 6% of workers age 65 and older. (Link)
- 47% of working Canadians agree that their work is the most stressful part of their day. (Link)
- According to the Centre for Talent Innovation, “undermining behaviour from managers” is a major factor in women dropping out of tech. (Link)
- A survey found that 87% of women had witnessed demeaning comments from their colleagues. (Link)
DISCRIMINATION
- In the past five years, the EEOC has received 82,847 workplace discrimination complaints on average each year. (Link)
- Essence magazine recently conducted a survey that revealed 45% of Black women say they experience racism in their place of employment most often compared to all other areas of their lives. (Link)
- DEI initiatives came to the forefront of work; nearly half of workers (46%) say discrimination, prejudice, and harassment are problems in their workplace. (Link)
- Employees cite pay gaps (35%), racism (33%), and sexism (30%) as the three most DEI common issues (Link)
- 53% of employees 18 - 25 feel their workplace does not accept them and companies' DEI initiatives are mostly for show. (Link)
- 24% of workers with a disability said they had been the target of discrimination in their workplace. (Link)
- Black workers were 2X as likely as white workers to report that they experienced job discrimination were. (Link)
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- Workers with children were more than twice as likely as workers who are not parents or caregivers to say they have been the target of discrimination. (Link)
- With only 21% of employees engaged at work and 33% of employees thriving in their overall wellbeing, most would say that they don't find their work meaningful, don't think their lives are going well or don't feel hopeful about their future. (Link)
- While 13% of all workers said they have been the target of discrimination (i.e., unequal treatment based on some aspect of identity such as race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability status, age, etc.) in their workplace, this number was higher for employees from marginalized populations. (Link)
- More than one-quarter of workers with a disability (27%) said they have been the target of discrimination in their workplace, while less than one in 10 workers without a disability (8%) said the same. (Link)
- Discrimination was experienced by more LGBTQ+ workers than non-LGBTQ+ workers (22% vs. 12%), and Black workers were nearly twice as likely as White workers to report that they have experienced discrimination on the job (21% vs. 11%). (Link)
- Workers with children were more than twice as likely as workers who are not parents or caregivers to say they have been the target of discrimination (19% vs. 9%). (Link)
- Women in full-time employment are nearly twice as likely to have a common mental health problem as full-time employed men (19.8% vs 10.9%). (Link)
- 66% felt excluded from key social and networking opportunities because of gender. (Link)
- Almost 70% of UK women claim they are pressured by society to put family first. (Link)
- One in four workers (25%) say they earned less than a man who was doing the same job. (Link)
GASLIGHTING
- Eighty-five percent (85%) of employees know how and where to report issues, but many lack confidence their issues will be addressed fairly and are afraid of retaliation. (Link)
- When their employees rate managers’ skills a 9 or a 10, they have an average psych safety score of 84%. Those whose overall skills are rated a 6 or lower conversely have an average psych safety rating of 36%. (Link)
- Poll shows 58% of people have experienced gaslighting at work; another study found that while 30%-50% of leaders are transformational, 8%-10% are essentially toxic (unlikely to change). (Link)
- A Twitter poll of 3 033 people aged between 18 and 54 found that 58% of respondents have experienced what they consider gaslighting during their working lives. 30% of respondents said they had not experienced gaslighting in the workplace, with 12% saying they did not know. (Link)
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- According to a report in SW Londoner, “84% of women in the UK feel as though whenever they visit their GP, they aren’t listened to, and end up being gaslighted into believing their issue isn’t a big one”. (Link)
- The workplace statistics from 2022 unequivocally show that 62% of employees cite toxic corporate cultures as the number one reason for quitting their jobs. (Link)
- Only 38% of HR respondents, in the CIPD Health and wellbeing at work survey, think line managers in their organisation are confident to have sensitive conversations and signpost staff to expert sources of help if needed. (Link)
- While toxic workplace behaviour and sustainable work are issues for Australian respondents, another factor came to the fore: inclusivity and belonging, which was found to explain 14 to 23 percent of explained variance across outcomes, with a particular impact on anxiety. (Link)
HARASSMENT & WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
- 45% of employees have witnessed the workplace harassment of a co-worker. (Link)
- 35% of workers feel they have been harassed at work. (Link)
- 45% of women are experiencing harassment remotely (e.g., email, texts, social media, video calls). (Link)
- 35% of workplace violence incidents involve head injuries. (Link)
- In the United States, there are roughly 2 million victims of workplace violence each year. (Link)
SILENCE & ISOLATION
- According to a study from the training company Crucial Leaning (formerly VitalSmarts), 65 percent of the participants said they stayed silent at work, even though it made them feel inauthentic. (Link)
- Women account for 47% of the total workforce in the US; about 41% of US mothers do not bring up their caregiving problems to their employer. (Link)
- Surprisingly, Gallup's data shows that the percentage of people who are actively disengaged is higher among those who work fewer days (17% compared to 12% in 5-day workweeks). (Link)
- Implementing a 4-day workweek will certainly reduce your team’s workload and make them feel less overwhelmed. Compared to those who work 5 days, people who work just 4 are 6% more likely to feel good about their work-life balance. (Link)
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
- In Study #1, Leadership IQ asked 31,664 employees and leaders whether they understand the rationale behind their organization's strategy (e.g. economic, marketplace, competitive factors, etc.). Sadly, a paltry 15% always understand the rationale behind their organization's strategy (e.g. economic, marketplace, competitive factors, etc.). This will be a major obstacle for achieving successful change. (Link)
- Leadership IQ surveyed 27,048 senior leaders, middle manager and frontline employees and found that only 15% of employees believe that their organization always openly shares the challenges facing it. (Link)
- In essence, 23% of an employee's belief that the company needs to change is driven by their confidence in their personal ability to succeed in its change management initiatives. (Link)
- About 28% of respondents say that they like taking risks. If your company is going through a change management initiative that seems risky, you are likely to hit resistance to change if only 28% of people like taking risks. (Link)
- 2 in 3 employees are not comfortable providing feedback to their manager. (Link)
- NSC found 40% of people who reported feeling “very” unsafe at work reported having symptoms of depression all or most days, while only 1% of people who felt very safe at work reported the same. (Link)
- 25% of people who reported feeling “very” unsafe at work also reported having symptoms of anxiety all or most days, compared to less than 2% of people who felt very safe at work. (Link)
- In organizations implementing the Standard, 5% of employees say their workplace is psychologically unhealthy, compared to 13% in organizations that are not implementing the Standard who say their workplace is psychologically unhealthy or unsafe. (Link)
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- 82% of employees with mental health issues indicate it impacts their work,17 while only 53% of those with physical health issues say it impacts their work. (Link)
- 17% of Canadians report that they have taken time away from work and school to deal with a personal mental health issue. (Link)
- Employee Disengagement Costs the U.S. Economy $450-550 Billion Every Year! (Link)
- Gallup’s research from 2022 shows employees believe the company they work for cares a lot less about their wellbeing than in mid-pandemic. In fact, only 24% of employees feel their company is doing enough to support them, compared to 49% in 2020. This plummet is the lowest the score has been in nearly a decade! (Link)
- 4 in 5 employees report that workplace stress affects their relationships with friends, family, and co-workers. (Link)
- Two in 5 employees agree that their manager encourages to take time off when needed. (Link)
MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES
- The EHS Today survey found that structured policies are lacking at many organizations. In fact, 33.9% of respondents said they either do not have a mental health policy in place or “don’t know” if they have one. Of the companies that have a program, respondents rate those programs as merely adequate (21.7%) or poor (13.7%). (Link)
- 47% of employees know about their company's mental health services, but only 38% would be comfortable using such services. (Link)
HARNESSING CURIOSITY AT WORK
- 62% of managers, according to the SAS data, have found curiosity valuable for finding innovative solutions, and 55% said they have found curiosity helpful in tackling complex problems. (Link)
- In Australia's world first psychological report, 34% respondents agree that it is safe to take risks at work while 66% feel otherwise. (Link)
- In Australia's world first psychological report, of those who said yes to it being safe to take risks at work, 47% are female and 53% are male. (Link)
- In Australia's world first psychological report, of those who said yes to it being safe to take risks at work, 58% belong to metro locations and 42% to regional locations.
- Only 36% of Employees Are Engaged in the Workplace! (Link)
- 85% of Employees Are Most Motivated When Internal Communications Are Effective! (Link)
MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
- Managers who rate highly in areas like psych safety lead teams who bring in an average of $4.3 million more per year. (Link)
- 26.3% of unionized and 23.2% of non-unionized respondents say their organization was actively involved in implementing the Standard or involved in ongoing efforts to maintain and improve key elements of the Standard. (Link)
- 4 in 5 managers believe it is part of their job to intervene with an employee who is showing signs of depression. While 55% of managers reported intervening, only 1 in 3 report having had appropriate training to do so. (Link)
- In its State of the Global Workplace report, Gallup concludes, “20% of employees are engaged at work. (Link)
- 3 in 5 employees agree that their manager cares about their well-being. (Link)