Just 25% of UK office workers have a healthy relationship with work right now, according to HP’s Work Relationship Index, a 2023 global study that interviewed over 15,000 workers and business leaders across 12 countries. Worse still, those with an unhealthy relationship (75%) say they find themselves disengaged, feeling disconnected from their organization and thinking of leaving it.
These statistics should act as a wakeup call to businesses. Such a high volume of unhealthy relationships with work is not only bad for employees – it affects them emotionally and physically, with employees reporting eating poorly, exercising less, and struggling with their mental health – but are also bad for business as productivity falls.
