25% of executives say their mental health has deteriorated in the past two years. The Covid-19 pandemic but also the economic context between inflation and the risk of shortages weigh heavily in the balance. More than half of them evoke an overload of work, intense stress and exhaustion.
One in four managers (25%) believe that their mental health has deteriorated in the past two years, marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficult economic context with the war in Ukraine and inflation, according to a study published on Monday by APEC. At the same time, 62% of executives consider that the implementation of teleworking has had a positive impact on their psychological health, indicates the Association for the employment of executives.
At work, more than half of executives report feeling overworked (55%), burnout (54%) or intensely stressed (54%), and 19% of them have already had to take time off or sick leave due to a feeling of burnout, notes Apec.
Managers particularly affected
These difficulties are felt more frequently by managers: 65% have the feeling of an insurmountable workload (versus 47% for non-managerial executives) and 62% have a feeling of professional exhaustion (versus 48% for non-managerial executives). managers). Finally, the level of stress is perceived as intense for 64% of managers (versus 48% for non-managers).
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 (stress, isolation, depression, exhaustion), notes Apec again. The survey was carried out online in August 2022 with a representative sample of 1,000 private sector executives in and out of employment, according to the quota method.