Michael UngarCEO of the Industry 4.0 Club

Breaking the Silence: Mental Health Challenges for Women at Work

30 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief conversation, the speakers reference Deloitte’s 2022 "Women at Work" report, highlighting that one‑third of women have taken time off for mental‑health reasons while only 43% feel comfortable discussing these issues at work. The dialogue centers on how this stigma manifests, especially among women in manufacturing, and connects mental‑health challenges to caregiving responsibilities. Speaker B introduces the concept of anticipatory grief linked to caring for aging parents, ill children, or terminal diagnoses, emphasizing how caregiving and mental‑health concerns intertwine and exacerbate workplace burnout for women.

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couple weeks ago, we were going over a report from Deloitte called Women at Work. They've published it again, 2022, it's come out. And one of the stats that we found really interesting and surprising is that 1/3 of women who have taken time off work because of mental health challenges, so 1/3 of women have taken that time off, but only 43% feel comfortable talking about these challenges in the workplace. And, you know, that conversation was really focused on burnout. So I'm curious what your experience has been and the women that you're working with, especially women in manufacturing, have you seen that difficulty come into play around needing time off but not feeling like they have the space to talk about it? I see it constantly, really.
I think both for caregivers as well as mental health issues, and those 2 things really dovetail. I talk a lot about the anticipatory grief that comes with a terminal diagnosis or with aging parents or kids that are not well.