There’s no question that uncertain, sometimes scary times like these – with so many seemingly existential issues arriving on our national doorstep en masse – can be especially taxing on the human psyche. Employers have become increasingly aware how precious mental health resources can be to their stressed-out employees, and how helping provide some security and understanding can do wonders for productivity and happiness. Here’s how these seven companies are meeting that challenge.
Can you tell us a little bit about the specific mental health programs you offer employees?
Eligible Chipotle employees have access to a virtual mental wellness platform called Strive that offers holistic, proactive, and inclusive mental health services. Created in partnership with Aduro, Strive helps employees maintain their wellness and position themselves for success with 1:1 coaching, support, and incentives to gamify the experience. Chipotle introduced Strive in May 2021 to complement its existing mental health benefits available for Chipotle associates and their family members, including in-person, phone, or virtual visits with a licensed counselor through a partnership with Health Advocate, regardless of whether they are enrolled in the company’s medical plan.
Why are mental health benefits becoming more important?
Chipotle’s goal is to foster a culture of well-being for all employees. Mental health is crucial for employees’ success and allows our team to perform their job to their fullest potential while also managing a healthy personal life. Chipotle offers resources to empower its workforce from mental health services to debt-free degrees from leading nonprofit accredited universities in partnership with GUILD EDUCATION and tuition reimbursement, 401K, English as a Second Language, and free Chipotle meals.
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Can you tell us a little bit about the specific mental health programs you offer employees?
Uber partners with several Employee Assistance Programs and Wellbeing platforms to provide assistance to our employees and their family members to support their mental wellbeing no matter where they are. These offers include:
– Round the clock confidential counseling (face to face, phone, or video visit) on a variety of topics including stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, grief, relationship issues, and more
– Access to a library of wellness materials from Parenting tips, to Nutrition, Fitness, Caregiver support, Stress, and Fatigue management, and many more
– Digital Wellness App that not only delivers Mediation / Fitness interactive video guides but helps employees measure, understand and improve their own mental wellbeing and sign up for a series of courses to target specific needs
– Wellbeing Reimbursement Program designed to support physical health and mental wellness. Employees will be reimbursed for eligible expenses including home exercise equipment, ergonomic home office equipment, gym memberships, wellness retreats, fitness tech, and more.
Why are mental health benefits becoming more important?
Mental health benefits are more important now than ever. These unprecedented times have been taxing on employees’ mental health as we try to navigate the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether it’s working at home, going into the office, or a hybrid model, many employees are experiencing burnout, lack of motivation, decrease in productivity, and ultimately attrition. Mental health benefits can help cope with daily stress and/or challenges. Benefits that support positive mental health can boost resilience and allow our employees to live their best lives and flourish both in their personal and professional lives. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there is a heightened risk of anxiety and depression due to fear of uncertainty, financial insecurities, lack of social connectivity, amongst others, so it’s important to ensure that we have the appropriate programs in place to support our employees and their families to navigate through this pandemic.
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Can you tell us a little bit about the specific mental health programs you offer employees?
We have Mental Health Awareness training for all managers and all employees. We have over 50 Mental Health First Responders. We have free access to Headspace and an Employee Assistance Program which supports all employees and their families with free counseling sessions, as well as legal/financial assistance.
Why are mental health benefits becoming more important?
We recognize that in today’s complex and fast-paced world there is an increasing concern about the pressures that can have an impact on mental health and wellbeing. The past two years of the pandemic have seen huge increases in mental health issues due to worries about physical health, especially for those in your family who are elderly, as well as the mental strain of not being able to visit friends and relatives for long periods, having to isolate and work from home, and the inability to socialize, to take vacations… there’s been so much change.
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Can you tell us a little bit about the specific mental health programs you offer employees?
Experian’s Aspire Employee Resource Group is a supportive community that addresses mental health, advocates for those with disabilities, and supports caregivers. During the pandemic, we’ve expanded benefits for mental health resources, telemedicine, and caregiving. Experian’s leaders partnered with Aspire to create the ASPIRE to be Well: Mind|Body|Spirit guide, which provides webinars, articles, and personal video stories from colleagues on different well-being topics each week.
Why are mental health benefits becoming more important?
As we continue to navigate the transition to remote working, launching new initiatives dedicated to mental and physical well-being is an important step in supporting our workforce.
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Can you tell us a little bit about the specific mental health programs you offer employees?
To support team members and their families, all DHG employees have access to the firm’s Energy for Life well-being program. The well-being program includes unlimited (and free!) access to 1-on-1 wellness coaching and personalized well-being courses and resources on topics including stress and energy management, mindfulness, preventative care, and more. Employees also have access to an industry-leading Employee Assistance Program with expanded “life assistance,” Headspace subscriptions, expanded caregiving benefits, and free financial coaching to help all team members be their best selves.
Why are mental health benefits becoming more important?
Employers play a critical role in the health and wellbeing of their employees, which is an opportunity and responsibility DHG does not take lightly. The immense change and disruption from the pandemic coupled with the blurred lines of work and home have created unprecedented demand for expanded mental health resources to support all employees where they are – both in their personal and professional lives. Mental health resources are no longer nice to have; mental health is a key component of holistic health and the benefits to support mental health will only continue to increase as new generations enter the workforce.
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Can you tell us a little bit about the specific mental health programs you offer employees?
We offer Modern Health, a mental wellness platform that makes it simple for employees and their dependents to access support for life’s ups & downs — whether that’s at home, at work, or in relationships. Modern Health guides individuals to resources that can help with mental wellbeing, including 1:1 sessions with coaches & therapists, group support sessions, guided meditations, and more.
We chose Modern Health because it brings all of these different types of resources under the umbrella of a single app, making it easy for you to move between types of care as your needs change.
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Can you tell us a little bit about the specific mental health programs you offer employees?
At Elsevier, we believe that mental health training and programs should be targeted, tailored, and sustained. As well as offering mental health awareness training to all our employees, we have rolled out a course designed specifically for the people leaders in our business – we believe that in order for mental health programs to benefit employees, they must also be offered to their managers. We have trained 40 Mental Wellbeing First Aiders across the globe, but instead of adopting a standardized course, we engaged a top industry expert to develop a course that is tailored to our business and to the different cultures within which we operate. We also run a number of all-employee global webinars across the year on topics ranging from stress and burnout to energy, grief, and men’s mental health, along with smaller group workshops on topics such as overwhelm and mindfulness. It is key to offer both tailored and well-rounded support to our hugely diverse and complex employee base so that everyone can tap into what benefits them when they need it.
Why are mental health benefits becoming more important?
We believe that our people are our strength and most important asset – currently, people all over the world are exposed to uncertainty and change like never before. Thanks, in main, to the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact on mental health is unavoidable which is why it has never been more important that businesses have a solid foundation of mental health benefits. We want our people to know that it’s ok to not be ok, that they can ask for help, that they can bring their authentic selves to work whether they are thriving, languishing or simply surviving. Mental health benefits are an important way to communicate our stance on this and to walk the walk, rather than just talk the talk. Education and information is power and we want to give our community the best possible tools to invest in their mental health.
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Can you tell us a little bit about the specific mental health programs you offer employees?
In the wake of the numerous challenges facing employees, Algolia began offering voluntary Listening Circles as a safe space to share their feelings, concerns, and feedback on the impact of the world around us with one another. These sessions are open to all employees for the purpose of catharsis and healing. To further support our ongoing effort to provide care for our employees’ well-being, employees also have access to ‘Modern Health’, a wellness tool that provides digital wellness content and 1:1 care with licensed providers. Our agreement with Modern Health provides users with four sessions with a therapist and/or four sessions with a coach at no cost. We also encourage our people managers to actively discuss well-being with their teams and monitor their PTO and encourage time off if needed.
Why are mental health benefits becoming more important?
At Algolia, we know our employees are our most critical asset and caring for them is fundamental to our success. Our employees were very open about the psychological impact of stress from the Covid-19 pandemic, the change to remote working, our rapid growth, the fast-paced environment of a tech start-up, and the overall turmoil in the world. In response, we’ve implemented monthly Wellness days, in addition to a generous paid time off policy. These Wellness Days are global employee single-day holidays, when all our offices are closed so that everyone is able to take a break at the same time.