Indeed data | 3 in 5 workers have experienced 'Imposter Syndrome'

Three in five workers have experienced imposter syndrome, with women and younger people disproportionately more likely to have feelings of self-doubt, according to a new report.

Coinciding with Mental Health Awareness Week, global jobs website Indeed has released the findings of its Working on Wellbeing report, based on a YouGov survey of 2,500 UK workers around mental health. It highlighted how workers still are not getting the support needed from their employer.

Imposter syndrome — defined as feelings of self-doubt and failure that override success at work — is one of the most common mental health issues in today’s workplace, with nearly three in five (58%) employees experiencing imposter syndrome.

Nearly twice as many more women (21%) suffer very frequently or always from imposter syndrome than men (12%). Notably, Millennial survey respondents (25 to 39-year-olds) are the age group most likely to feel like frauds in the workplace (27%), whereas only a small proportion of workers aged 65 and above regularly suffer from feelings of self-doubt (three per cent).