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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.

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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.

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

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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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