Almost half of Poles experience greater stress at work in pandemic

Forced remote work, reconciling home and work duties in one space, or the fear of the coronavirus has had an impact on the mental health of working Poles. As much as 46 percent of employees, mainly women, experience greater stress than before the pandemic. The uncertain economic situation is exacerbating concerns. Almost every fifth Pole believes that his position in the labor market is worse than in the previous year, according to the Polish Labor Market Barometer of the Personnel Service. Employees, while plagued by uncertainty, rate their employers positively and say they coped well with the pandemic.

“Last year, the labor market changed by 180 degrees. Many of its elements will never be the same again. Mass remote work, greater use of technology, but also constant uncertainty meant that we are now dealing with an increased level of stress among employees. This challenge will have to be dealt with by employers, whose task will be to support employees in coping with stress. One of the ways is to provide them with psychological support as one of the benefits. From the beginning of the pandemic, many companies decided to receive this type of supplement to their remuneration, because they knew that employees needed it much more than, for example, sports cards, especially since the gyms were closed,” Krzysztof Inglot, President of the Management Board of Personnel Service, said.

Women are more exposed to stress – already 54 percent of them are more stressed while performing their duties, in the case of men this percentage is 38 percent.

(WBJ)