Workplace Transitions: Managing A Stressed-out Workplace

The negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the collective mental health of the U.S. workforce are likely to linger for months and perhaps years to come. While employers have gotten better at trouble-spotting and working with struggling employees and leadership, when so many individuals have been impacted by uncertainty and fear, the sheer number of mental health struggles in the workplace from COVID-19 has employers asking what they should—and are obligated to—do with a potentially stressed out and depressed workplace?

Every employee's journey has been different while dealing with the economic uncertainty, problematic juggling acts of family and child care, and the profound impact of new remote workplaces. The glut of all these factors has overwhelmed many employees and employers alike as well as contributed to a measurable decline in mental health and altered personalities.