{"id":18161,"date":"2020-10-12T10:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T09:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=18161"},"modified":"2020-10-12T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T09:35:12","slug":"four-in-10-engineering-workers-feel-their-mental-health-is-worse-than-a-year-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/four-in-10-engineering-workers-feel-their-mental-health-is-worse-than-a-year-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Four in 10 engineering workers feel their mental health is worse than a year ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the latest study by the UK independent job board,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cv-library.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CV-Library<\/a><\/strong>, four in 10 (46.2%) of engineering professionals feel their mental health is worse than it was a year ago. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The job board surveyed 1,300 UK professionals in an effort to ascertain how the global pandemic has impacted the wellbeing of the nation\u2019s workforce; with engineering workers naming the following concerns as having the biggest impact on their mental health:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Experiencing financial difficulties (53.5%)\u00a0<\/li><li>Worrying about not being able to find a job (51.2%)\u00a0<\/li><li>Worrying about the health and wellbeing of friends and\/or family members (32.6%)\u00a0<\/li><li>Worrying about losing my current job (27.9%) \u00a0<\/li><li>Having a poor work-life balance (25.6%)\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Unsurprisingly, these worries are mostly in line with the concerns felt by the rest of the nation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it appears that engineers are more worried about losing their current job and having a poor work-life balance. This bucks the national average, as most UK workers didn&#8217;t include these in their top five worries. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Biggins, founder and CEO of CV-Library comments: \u201cThe last seven months has been filled with a great amount of uncertainty and it\u2019s understandable that so many engineering professionals feel their mental health is suffering. Businesses need to be aware of these challenges and ensure they\u2019re offering support to employees who may be struggling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s more, it\u2019s no surprise that experiencing financial difficulties is one of the biggest concerns for those in the engineering industry, as many individuals have been made redundant and employment opportunities have been scarce. While the UK job market may take some time to fully recover, it\u2019s important to remember that the situation is already improving. In fact, as time goes on, we\u2019re seeing more job postings being added to our site every week.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study also reveals that 44.1% of engineering employees feel their work-life balance is worse than a year ago, with a further 58.8% stating working from home as the main reason for this. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to this, a whopping 82.4% of the individuals surveyed admitted that they would look for a new job in order to secure a better work-life balance. This is unsurprising, given that 80.5% of engineering professionals are concerned about their physical and mental well-being due to a poor work-life balance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biggins continues: \u201cThe government has once again recommended that professionals should work from home where possible. While this may be good news for some, those who struggle to find a healthy work-life balance will be dreading the next few months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs an employer, you have a duty of care to keep your employees safe and to protect their mental health. It\u2019s vital that you encourage team members to take regular breaks and to only work during their normal hours. You should also consider sharing resources and tips that can make working from home easier. This should enable your employees to safeguard their mental health, and hopefully prevent staff from looking for opportunities elsewhere.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest study by the UK independent job board,\u00a0CV-Library, four in 10 (46.2%) of engineering professionals feel their mental health is worse than it was a year ago. \u00a0 The job board surveyed 1,300 UK professionals in an effort to ascertain how the global pandemic has impacted the wellbeing of the nation\u2019s workforce; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[167,730,4512,8908],"class_list":["post-18161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-news-views-and-opinion","tag-cv-library","tag-engineers","tag-mental-health","tag-world-mental-health-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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