Weston, MA — The number of employees reporting that they work in a “toxic environment” is high – as are claims that employers aren’t doing enough to support mental health, according to the results of a recent survey.
Job search platform Monster surveyed more than 1,100 full- and part-time U.S. workers across industries, age groups, genders and education levels to gauge workplace culture, employer support, mental health and job priorities.
Eighty percent of respondents said they work in a toxic environment – up from 67% last year. The vast majority (93%) agreed that their employer isn’t doing enough to support their mental health – a sharp rise from 78% the year before.
Other findings:
- When asked to describe their mental health, nearly three-fourths said it was poor (40%) or fair (31%). Meanwhile, 20% called their mental health good and 9% described it as great.
- Among the group with poor or fair mental health, 51% said their well-being would improve if employers removed toxic employees.
- The top causes of poor mental health at work were toxic culture (59%) and a bad manager (54%).
Monster says the findings “underscore the growing urgency for companies to treat mental wellness as a workplace priority, not an afterthought.”
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Original article published by Safety+Health an NSC publication