Millennials and Generation Z prioritize mental health, and the role of managers and the workplace environment is being scrutinized like never before. According to recent reports, 60% of employees worldwide believe that their job is the most important factor influencing their mental health. The vast majority of those polled also stated that they would prioritise their mental health over a high-paying job, even if it meant taking a pay cut.
Millennials and Generation Z employees give priority to Mental Health
Survey explains
“Managers have just as much of an impact on people’s mental health as their spouse (both 69%) — and even more of an impact than their doctor (51%) or therapist (41%)”
Further it predicts that that globally 40% C level leaders
“will likely quit in the next 12 months due to work-related stress”.
The Workforce Institute at UKG released the ‘Mental Health at Work: Managers and Money’ report earlier this month, and it includes working respondents from 10 countries in a variety of roles.
According to the survey’s findings, one in every five employees worldwide believes that their job has a negative impact on their mental health – with the numbers even more skewed against women.
Report adds,
“At the end of the workday, 43% of employees are ‘often’ or ‘always’ exhausted, and 78% say that stress negatively impacts their work performance. That stress from work carries into our personal lives, too, as employees say work negatively impacts their home life (71%), wellbeing (64%), and relationships (62%)”
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Employees rarely talk about their work stress with their managers
Despite the fact that 40% of employees are still stressed about their jobs, many of those polled admitted to having ‘rarely or never talked with their manager about it’.
Report further adds,
“Some say “my manager wouldn’t care” (16%) or “my manager is too busy” (13%), while others have a sense that they “should be able to figure it out” on their own (20%)”
It is important to note that managers are also a’stressed’ segment of the workforce.
“Around half of managers wish someone had warned them not to take their current job (57%) and also say it’s likely they’ll quit their job within the next 12 months because they’re experiencing too much work-related stress (46%).”
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