A new study has found that 2-in-5 (41%) accountants feel as though their energy levels are so low they are unable to carry out their work effectively. 1-in-5 (21%) would even go so far as to say that they either never or rarely feel optimistic about the future.
The survey, carried out by CABA, went on to find that 1-in-3 (30%) respondents had recently felt isolated, while more than half (56%) had felt emotionally challenged. When asked the cause of this distress, 1-in-3 (33%) cited either their work, career or studies, while 1-in-5 (18%) put it down to lockdown and the impact of Covid-19 while 14% put it down simply to feeling constantly under pressure.
When asked how they were coping with these feelings, just half (51%) of respondents said that they were dealing with them well. As many as a quarter (25%) said they don’t feel able to speak about their feelings when angry, stressed or worried.