“This is not surprising, however – given that we are once again facing extreme uncertainty as the pandemic rollercoaster continues. For many of us, anxiety and exhaustion are always at high levels,” She says.
According to the report, workers in the following industries are reporting higher levels of burnout than the national average:
- Health and patient care (53 percent)
- Transportation (40 percent)
- Finance, Legal and Insurance (39 percent)
- Education and childcare (38 percent)
- First responders (36 percent)
According to a separate report, nearly half of the respondents (48 per cent) say they are more stressed in early 2022 than they were during the first lockdown in 2020.
And a recent study by Microsoft showed that, for frontline workers, on-the-job stress levels are expected to rise this year. Better compensation and vacations as some of the best ways to help manage that stress, but the implementation of improved technology was also seen as an important tool, far more than the benefits to mental health and wellbeing.
lack of mental health support
According to the Canada Life Study, only a third of respondents indicated that their organization is committed to a low-stress environment, which was done in December 2021.
