Employees are more stressed out than ever before thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, and while employers have made prioritizing mental health and well-being a key part of their benefits strategy, many employees are still too afraid to discuss how they are feeling at work.
Indeed, 47% of employees fear negative consequences — being denied a raise or promotion — if they talk about their work stress, according to a new survey from Joblist. Women are more likely than men to have this fear. The survey also found that almost 1 in 3 employees report being very or extremely stressed by work and non-managers are twice as likely than managers to report high work-related stress.
