Covid-19 pandemic, difficult economic context with the war in Ukraine and inflation: the multiplication of crises has consequences for the morale of workers.
Thus, one in four executives (25%) believes that his mental health has deteriorated in the past two years, according to a study published Monday by the Association for the Employment of Executives (Apec).
At the same time, 62% of executives believe that the implementation of telework has had a positive impact on their psychological health.
At work, more than half of executives report feeling overworked (55%), burnt out (54%) or intensely stressed (54%), and 19% have had to take time off or sick leave due to a feeling of burnout, notes Apec.
Managers most affected
These difficulties are felt more frequently by managers: 65% have the feeling of an insurmountable workload (compared to 47% for non-managers) and 62% have a feeling of professional exhaustion (48% for non-managers ).
Finally, the level of stress is perceived as intense for 64% of managers (48% for other executives).
Even if they consider their managers to be vigilant on the subject (57%), executives would turn in priority to their colleagues (60%) to share their psychological difficulties, notes Apec again.
*The survey was conducted online in August 2022 with a representative sample of 1,000 private sector executives in and out of employment, using the quota method.
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