Mental stress costs German companies an average of 9,000 euros per employee every year — caused by absenteeism (reduced productivity despite being present), employee turnover and loss of innovative strength. Many companies dramatically underestimate these hidden costs. However, through targeted investments in holistic, digital mental health management, as offered by mentalport, you can significantly reduce these costs and strengthen your company in the long term — economically and personally.
The mental health of your employees is no longer just a private matter. Today, it is one of the most important economic factors for the success or failure of your company. Although the topic of psychological distress is often still taboo, the figures speak for themselves.
According to recent studies by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), German companies lose on average 9,000 euros per employee per year due to psychological stress. Specifically, this amount consists of absenteeism, productivity losses and fluctuation costs. But how exactly do these enormous sums arise — and why are they so often underestimated?
One of the most obvious and at the same time most expensive factors is absenteeism due to illness. Each day of illness costs around 300 euros on average. Employees who suffer from mental stress such as burnout or depression are absent up to 36 days a year on average. This alone results in costs of up to 11,000 euros per affected employee per year.
Since 2010, psychologically related absences have almost doubled — and the trend continues to rise. Companies that do not trade here risk not only short-term losses, but also their competitiveness in the long term.
However, even greater than the obvious absences is the damage caused by employees who come to work despite considerable mental stress — so-called presenteeism. According to a Deloitte study, this phenomenon causes losses twice as high as direct absenteeism.
Employees under mental stress are less productive, make mistakes more often, and take longer to complete routine tasks. This also has a negative impact on your team's overall performance. Presenteeism often goes unnoticed, but puts a huge burden on your company. This phenomenon alone results in an average loss of a further 2,900 euros per employee and year.
The extent to which mental stress influences employee retention is also underestimated. According to studies, up to 40% of all voluntary layoffs have psychological causes such as permanent overwork or lack of appreciation at work.
The consequences of such layoffs are serious: new hires, training and loss of knowledge cost your company an additional between 50% and 200% of the annual salary of the retired employee. Especially in times of a shortage of skilled workers, this jeopardizes the long-term development of your company.
Psychological stress not only has an impact on short-term indicators such as absenteeism. They also impair the innovative strength of your team in the long term. Studies by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that psychological stress significantly reduces creativity and ability to innovate.
Companies whose employees are constantly under stress incur additional losses of around 700 euros per employee every year — due to the decline in innovative ideas and creative problem solutions. In the long term, you are jeopardizing the future viability of your company.
Despite this clear set of facts, many managers still underestimate the need for preventive measures. The reasons for this are often a lack of awareness, lack of transparency of actual costs or even the stigmatization of psychological issues.
In addition, many companies avoid the legally required risk assessment of psychological stress (GBU Psyche) due to its complexity and high administrative costs. However, this increases the risk of high follow-up costs due to a lack of legal certainty.
This is exactly where mentalport comes in: As a holistic digital mental health management hub, mentalport offers you exactly what you need to effectively manage mental health and save considerable sums of money in the process.
With mentalport, you carry out the legally required risk assessment of psychological stress (GBU Psyche) completely digitally and automatically. In doing so, you save an average of 34,000 euros per 100 employees in administrative and procedural costs alone.
The mentalPORT app also offers your employees individual coaching offers based on cutting-edge AI technology and biofeedback. Individual burdens are automatically identified and reduced in a targeted manner through preventive measures. The result: Significantly less absenteeism, increased productivity and significantly higher employee satisfaction — studies show up to 70% increase in satisfaction and 80% lower turnover.
Another key advantage is complete legal certainty. With mentalport, you easily meet all legal requirements for mental health, which allows you to avoid follow-up costs due to legal risks.
Mental health is no longer just a question of employee satisfaction — it is a key economic challenge. Companies that do not prioritize mental health in a timely manner lose millions of dollars year after year due to hidden costs such as absenteeism, turnover and loss of innovation.
With mentalport, you now have the opportunity to make precisely these hidden costs visible, effectively reduce them and at the same time significantly improve your long-term competitiveness and employer attractiveness. Every euro that you invest in preventive measures demonstrably brings you a return of five euros.
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