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

In most cases, high salaries (65%), financial needs (mortgage, loan, children) (37%) and good relationships in the team (36%) prevent people from quitting in these cases. .

Russians rate their psychological well-being at work with a 7 out of 10. At the same time, the efforts made by the company to take care of the psychological state of employees are valued more modestly: 5 out of 10 points.

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

Psychological well-being and work outcomes.

78% of those surveyed are convinced that psychological well-being influences their work results. Psychological discomfort in the workplace is common among Russians: 22% experience it daily, 34% experience it several times a week, and 12% experience it once a week. It manifests itself most frequently as fatigue (65%), irritation (62%), anxiety (49%), headache, neck and back pain (44%), and bad temper (41%).

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/her tasks in a mediocre manner (27%).

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

How to deal with psychological exhaustion at work

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

For 70% of employees surveyed, the company does not prevent burnout. For 6%, these types of events occur frequently, for 16%, sometimes. In most cases these are corporate events (36%), reduced 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 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. Respondents rated the benefits of such assistance with 3.8 points out of 5. Among those who still do not have such an option in their company, 11% would like to visit a psychologist at the employer’s expense, 26% would like more.