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72% of employees are stressed about their finances 72% of employees are stressed about their finances

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2021
WELLNESS BAROMETER SURVEY

Financial stress costs
employers $4.7 billion per week

Financial stress costs
employers $4.7 billion per week

HR is the secret success story of the pandemic

Companies and HR handled the pandemic well. 71% agree HR’s
 job has been more challenging and 46% trust HR more.

Financial stress skyrocketed

65% of employees are stressed about their finances and are looking to employers for support.

State of employee finances

56% saved more, 53% decreased their emergency savings and 64% plan
to splurge post-pandemic. Financial literacy continues to be low.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

87% say their company handled Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I)
 issues well, but there is room for improvement.

Post pandemic, employees continue to look to employers for support.
Learn more about what employees want.

CITE Research on behalf of BrightPlan surveyed 1,500 knowledge workers at companies with 1000+ employees in the US between April-May, 2021. This included a mix of HR leaders and employees in various industries including technology, healthcare, manufacturing and energy.

Disclosure: Assumes there are 94,257,000 knowledge workers in the U.S. with an hourly wage of $35.53. Source: Federal Reserve Economic Dataset. For more information, see the full report.

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