Employees have an optimistic view of the workplace, with almost all (94%) of candidates in Indeed’s new wellbeing report stating that they believe employees can be happy all the time at work.

This being said, employees also believe a job can provide more than just a pay packet (87%), with almost 9 in 10 (89%) expecting their employer to care about how they feel.

Employees’ wellbeing expectations are also higher than they were 12 months ago (49%), with Gen Z setting the highest expectations (66%), followed by Millennials (53%), Gen X (40%) and Baby Boomers (28%).

To gain a deeper insight into the state of wellbeing in the workplace, UNLEASH spoke exclusively to Indeed’s Senior Strategic Advisor, Matt Burney.

The three drivers of workplace stress

Workplace wellbeing is still a top priority for employees, with data showing that work (52%) is the main stressor for people, followed by economic and political changes (36%), family (31%), healthy and safety (29%), and relationship stress (17%).

In fact, how satisfied employees feel at work can directly impact their mood at home, with 87% sharing that it affects their mood outside of working hours.

As a result, 46% report lower energy levels, 45% have trouble sleeping, 44% have physical health issues, and 40% have noticed a decrease in their mental health.

As a result, employees aren’t ‘thriving’ at work. In fact, on average only 23% are, meaning 77% are falling short.

Across the globe, this is the same for individual countries with Canada (20%) having the lowest satisfaction rate, followed by Germany (21%), the UK (23%), Australia (25%), France (25%), the US (26%), and the Netherlands (35%).

“The findings show a clear imbalance between what people believe is possible at work and how they’re actually feeling day-to-day,” Burney tells UNLEASH.

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