Mental Health Awareness Week - Part 1
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to talk about something fit-out companies can build into every project – and something occupiers are increasingly asking for from day one of the brief.
The wellness room.
Not a trend. Not a luxury. A response to what is happening inside offices right now.
Gallup reports that 76% of employees experience burnout at work at least sometimes. The World Health Organization puts the global productivity cost of depression and anxiety at $1 trillion every year. And according to the American Psychological Association, 81% of employees say mental health support is an important factor when choosing a job
A wellness room does not need to be large or expensive. A quiet room. A decompression space. Somewhere an employee can step away from an open-plan floor, breathe, and reset. That is it.
But what it signals – to employees, to talent in the market, and to the businesses paying for the fit-out – is measurable. Employees who feel their employer has designed their wellbeing into the space are more engaged, more productive, and less likely to leave.
This year’s theme is action. So here’s hoping workplace let’s act on incorporating the wellness room.
