22/06/2022
Do you know what your male colleagues are most likely to die of?
Statistically in the UK, it’s su***de. Don’t feel comfortable reading about this? That’s tough, because most men don’t feel comfortable talking about it, either. They’re much less likely than women to seek help, and tend to turn inward, developing unhealthy addictions to perhaps TV, maybe exercise, and often alcohol or drugs.
Which is hugely destructive for them and their families, and equally bad news for you, their employers.
Why? Because mental ill health leads to 72 million lost working days each year – costing UK businesses a crippling £34.9 billion.
Every employee whose mental health needs go unsupported costs businesses £1,300 a year. And the worst thing is, your business itself could be unwittingly responsible – because 1 in 3 men (32%) put their poor mental health down to their job. Which is of course, shocking. But it also contains a silver lining. Because it means the seeds of a solution are in your hands.
So the time to act on it is now, before another man – possibly one of your own colleagues – slides out of reach.
