43% of Russians have quit their job at least once due to psychological difficulties at work

Most often, high salary (65%), financial need (mortgage, loan, children) (37%) and good relationships in the team (36%) keep people from quitting in such cases.

Russians rate their psychological well-being at work as 7 out of 10. At the same time, the efforts that the company makes to take care of the psychological state of employees are assessed more modestly – at 5 out of 10 points.

More than half (55%) note the positive impact of work on their psychological well-being, 23% consider the impact “rather negative”, 6% – “negative”, and 16% do not notice a connection between these concepts.

Psychological well-being and work results

78% of respondents are convinced that psychological well-being affects the results of their work. Psychological discomfort in the workplace is a common occurrence for Russians: 22% experience it daily, 34% experience it several times a week, 12% experience it once a week. It most often manifests itself as fatigue (65%), irritation (62%), anxiety (49%), pain in the head, neck and back (44%), and short temper (41%).

The respondents noted that when psychological difficulties arise, work ceases to bring satisfaction (48%), the desire to go to work (46%) or do anything disappears (46%), someone withdraws into himself (29%) or performs his duties mediocrely. tasks (27%).

Another 67% of respondents take into account the psychological climate when applying for a job. Most often, respondents associate psychological discomfort at work with a lack of time for themselves and family (37%), a high pace of work (34%), the need to communicate with unpleasant clients (32%), unpaid overtime (30%) and a lack of employees (30). %).

How to deal with psychological burnout at work

Some respondents (2%) noted that, in connection with their work, they developed or worsened anxiety disorder (75%), depression (72%), burnout (72%) and panic attacks (50%).

For 70% of surveyed employees, the company does not prevent burnout. For 6%, such events take place often, for 16% – sometimes. Most often these are corporate events (36%), shortened working hours (35%), flexible hours (27%), psychological assistance (25%) and paid time off (25%).

Respondents often resort to self-help techniques: taking breaks (49%), maintaining a work-life balance (39%), ignoring negativity (33%), listening to music (29%), discussing problems with colleagues (21%) , and also take sedatives (18%).

12% of respondents included a corporate psychologist in their social package. The respondents rated the benefits of such assistance at 3.8 out of 5 points. Among those who do not yet have such an option in their company, 11% would like to visit a psychologist at the expense of the employer, 26% would rather like to.

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Source: rb.ru