Forbes October 9, 2023
As October 10th recognizes World Mental Health Day, chronic stress and burnout continue to sweep through the workplace, and workplace anxiety has become a top occupational hazard. Last year the Surgeon General announced that toxic workplaces are a top five health crisis, that 87% of employees say they’re suffocating in toxic work cultures and that 79% report work-induced mental illness. Showpad conducted a survey and found that 40% of workers are experiencing workplace anxiety, and 65% say it has been triggered by going into the office or engaging in office conversations.
A new Atticus study found that mental health issues such as stress and anxiety are now the number one most common workplace injury, making up 52% of all workplace...