The deterioration of well-being at work has stopped
According to the How is Finland doing? follow-up study by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finns’ well-being at work has not deteriorated over the past six months.
The decline in well-being at work that began during the COVID-19 pandemic has stopped at the population level. Job burnout has remained unchanged over the past six months, and it is still more prevalent than before COVID-19.
On average, positive resources, such as fair treatment, independence and a sense of capability, are still more common at work compared with stressful requirements. The resources and requirements are mostly the same as six months ago. There has been a slight decrease in opportunities of learning at work, which is one of the key resources promoting work engagement. If such a trend continues, it will pose challenges to work engagement over time.
Well-being at work among young adults is weaker than in older age groups, measured by any indicator. Young people experience less work engagement and more severe job burnout, boredom at work and loneliness. Workplaces need to take measures in order to better consider the situation of young employees. Promoting the resources and well-being of young people must also be immediately taken into account in national decision-making.
In six months, the incidence of likely job burnout among supervisors has increased. Workplaces need to stop and consider ways to promote the smoothness of work and manage the workload of both employees and managers.
Remote work was linked to positive assessments of work, such as the appropriate amount of work and fair treatment. The potential negative effects of remote work, which were previously consistently reported in a variety of research data, were not observed.
Currently, How is Finland doing? is being implemented in the The Mental Health Toolkit project, which is part of Finland's Sustainable Growth Programme.