Research
1 in 2 communications professionals experienced stress, anxiety, or burnout this past year
We conducted a survey of 1000 PR, marketing and comms professionals to explore their experiences of mental health in the workplace – with some alarming results:
Half of respondents reported having experienced severe stress, anxiety or burnout in the last twelve months – up to three times on average.
Almost eight in 10 respondents who reported their mental health challenge to their employer went on to feel discriminated against by colleagues.
Nearly nine in ten who reported their mental health challenge to their company were not happy with the changes that their employer put in place.
3/4 don’t believe their company’s formal policies are sufficient to deal with mental health challenges.
67%
of those who experienced mental health challenges said their employer is doing the bare minimum to help employees with mental health problems
While it’s evident that the conversation around mental health is opening up, it’s also clear more needs to be done to re-energise the conversation and affect change.
Innovate Comms, Harvard and CCgroup have joined forces to create State of Us to do just that – to bring agencies and in-house professionals together to help the industry forge more supportive environments and enable people to thrive.
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