06/11/2025
This week is National Stress Awareness Week, and the numbers are sobering.
According to Monster’s Work Watch Report 2025:
Only 29% of workers say their mental health at work is good (20%) or great (9%). That means 71% describe it as only “fair” or “poor.”
The top drivers? Toxic culture (63%) and bad management (53%).
These aren’t just “stressful days.” They’re signs of deeper cracks in workplace culture, leadership, and role clarity.
If 7 out of 10 people are struggling, we have to ask, what are we doing about it? And maybe just as importantly: what’s different for the 29% who are thriving?
Further investigations show that, those thriving teams often:
✨ Can attend therapy or medical appointments without guilt or penalty.
✨ Have genuine paid time off that’s respected.
✨ Work in environments where wellbeing is visible, credible, and embedded.
So, ask your team:
“If our people rated their mental health at work, would we be closer to 29% or 71%, and why?”
Then take action.
- Embed wellbeing into everyday culture.
- Make movement, breath, and pause part of the rhythm of work.
- Train managers to recognise and respond early.
- Communicate support, not as a one-off, but as a commitment.
The numbers show how far we have to go, but they also show what’s possible when workplaces truly care.
Let’s make National Stress Awareness Week not just a week of awareness, but a week of action.
