Problems affecting the mental well-being of employees are not limited to the stress and responsibilities in business life.
According to user data of Heltia, a personalized digital preventive health application with more than 400 thousand users in Turkey, 65.8 percent of employees have difficulties in their relationships with themselves.
This rate rises to 72.2 percent in the 18-24 age group. The research revealed that employees experience difficulties in different areas depending on their age, gender and family life.
According to Heltia data, the relationship employees establish with themselves stands out as the area where they have the most difficulty in all age groups examined. Especially in the 18-24 age group, this rate reaches 72.2 percent.
50.4 percent of young employees state that they have mental difficulties in their relationships with their social environment, and 38.1 percent state that they have mental difficulties in their education life. This rate in the field of education is more than twice the general average.
Findings show that young people feel pressure in the areas of education, social environment and personal development, as well as professional responsibilities, as they step into working life.
The areas where employees have difficulty vary with age.
While the rate of those who state that they have difficulties in career reaches the highest level with 41.1 percent in the 25-34 age group, it drops to 8.8 percent in those aged 55 and over. This period, when progress in business life, professional development and future plans intensify, creates a significant pressure area for the mental well-being of employees.
In the 35-44 age group, parenthood comes to the fore. 34.2 percent of employees in this age group state that they have difficulty in parenting.
The research reveals that having children also changes the distribution of difficulties experienced by employees. 53.3 percent of employees with children state that they have difficulty in parenting, and 55.7 percent state that they have difficulty in family relations.
The rate of people in this group who say that they have difficulty in their relationship with themselves is also remarkable with 55.9 percent. A different picture is seen in romantic relationships. While 56.6 percent of employees who do not have children state that they have difficulties in their romantic relationships, this rate drops to 31.3 percent among those who have children.
The data also shows that there are significant differences between male and female employees. Female employees state that they have more difficulties than men in all areas evaluated in the research.
The biggest difference emerges in family relationships. While 49.4 percent of women state that they have mental difficulties in family relationships, this rate remains at 35 percent for men. While the rate of men who say they do not have difficulty in any area is 5.7 percent, this rate drops to 2.1 percent for women.
Heltia Founder and CEO Alperen Adikti stated that the data show that employee well-being should be approached holistically and that it is noteworthy that approximately two out of every three employees have difficulties in their relationships with themselves.
Adikti emphasized that employee well-being cannot be evaluated only through workplace stress, workload and career concerns.
Stating that the needs of a young employee at the beginning of his career are not the same as the needs of an employee who takes on parental responsibilities, Adikti pointed out that institutions should take into account the different life periods and individual needs of employees instead of offering the same solution to everyone.
