According to recent studies, over 53 percent of the UAE’s top-level executives are reassessing their priorities and reducing work hours or leaving their current employer.
These drastic measures are catalysed by ‘daily worries’, which include personal financial stability concerns (26 percent), family stress (23 percent) and changes in Covid-19 management policies (22 percent).
Despite adoption of some corrective measures such as a hybrid work style or a four-day work week, many executives are opting out of their current roles or changing employers due to recurring burn out, stress and mental health struggles.
“As of 2022, almost 60% of the world’s population is in work. All workers have the right to a safe and healthy environment at work. Work can be a protective factor for mental health, but it can also contribute to potential harm. Across the world, workers, families, enterprises, and whole economies feel the impact of mental health conditions irrespective of whether they were caused by work”, (WHO, 2022).
Some of the popular corrective measures such remote working pose unique challenges such as long work days and blurry work-home boundaries exacerbating stress and burn out.
The Impact of Poor employee Wellbeing at Work:
Bupa Global reports that the region is experiencing it’s greatest wave of resignations among top executives yet, reporting that almost 94 percent of top executives have experienced some form of mental health struggle within the past year.
Businesses that are not aligned with a holistic and inclusive corporate wellbeing programme tend to suffer the most casualties. Progressive and early adopters of employee wellbeing programmes are taking an active role in staying ahead of the detrimental effects of burnout on top management and businesses.
World Health Organisation (WHO) Employee Wellbeing Initiatives:
The WHO’s Mental Health at work policy brief 2022 proposes three main strategies to support mental health at work
- PREVENT; exposure to psychosocial risks (risks to mental health) at work.
- PROTECT & PROMOTE; mental health and wellbeing at work.
- SUPPORT; people with mental health conditions to participate in and thrive at work.
VIWELL as an Employee Wellbeing Provider:
An effective employee wellbeing programme like VIWELL not only encompasses aspects of the WHO policy but reflects your company culture, investing in something that positively impacts your employees is a great way to reassure your team that you care about their well-being, in and out of the workplace.
The VOI (Value on Investment) of implementing corporate wellbeing strategies is unmatched as making wellbeing a strategic organisational priority ultimately creates a happier, healthier, and more productive workforce – resulting in greater ROI (Return on Investment).
A comprehensive and effective employee wellbeing programme such as VIWELL will also promote better integration with other corporate priorities. Our workplace wellbeing programme is designed to seamlessly integrate with other business initiatives such as workplace safety.