Work from home | More than 50% slump in staff wellbeing

The recent coronavirus pandemic has proved to be an incredibly challenging time for managers, particularly due to the immediate change to work circumstances, under which the majority of employees have had to start working on a remote basis.

However, new research has discovered that managers have witnessed a steep slump in staff wellbeing as a result of the ‘quick but necessary’ move to home working.

According to new CMI research, the fall in wellbeing was higher for managers whose staff had parental responsibilities (59%) with 36% citing that mental health was the key challenge for them, reported Politics Home. In contrast, 46% of managers with workers who did not have parental responsibilities reported a decrease in employee wellbeing.

While many managers were concerned about the wellbeing of their staff, others shared worries about the future of their organisation. Nationally, while 60% were optimistic about their economic prospects of their workplace in the next six months, just 21% share that optimism about the economy as a whole.