Linked – Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Don’t Achieve Better Outcomes

It’s pretty simple, and this statement from the article sums it up pretty clearly:

Solutions focused on individuals aren’t enough to address the systemic factors that predict rising burnout and mental health issues.

https://hbr.org/2024/10/why-workplace-well-being-programs-dont-achieve-better-outcomes

Also, consider this:

Mental Health of U.S. Workers Is Nearing an All-Time Low With Finances Largely to Blame

(Paywalled, but I think we get the idea)

Work-life balance is not an individual problem. Being paid a wage that only allows you to do more than live paycheck to paycheck is not an individual problem. Watching your company go through round after round of layoffs is not an individual problem.

Well-being programs place the responsibility for managing employee mental health in the hands of the employees, who have no power to change the things causing the problem.

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