Around 75% of HR professionals in Singapore say that they are experiencing “burnout” at least once a month.
A further 41% of HR professionals said they experienced it even more often, at least once a week.
This is according to a recent study by Intellect and Millieu Insight, which also found that only 32% of HR professionals believed that their company placed high importance on employee mental health.
Approximately 41% of the HR professionals surveyed rated their mental health between “fair” and “very poor”, adding that they did not have access to the necessary tools to combat burnout.
Factors that were contributing to burnout and fatigue include financial and geopolitical uncertainties, and Covid-19.
While HR professionals are aware that normalising mental health conversations help employee wellbeing, they rarely broach the topic at work. According to the survey, only 19% of HR professionals bring up the topic once a month, and 27% talk about it “a few times a year or less.”
“Businesses must expand mental wellbeing support to HR teams to ensure they are able to become strategic partners tasked with taking care of employees and ensuring they remain engaged. An empowered HR workforce is more likely to realise their full potential at work and bring greater value to their team,” said Dr. Oliver Suendermann, vice president for clinical of Intellect.
The survey had a respondent pool of 150 HR professionals across Singapore.
