Mental health among UK warehouse workers improving

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- 6 Feb 2025 ( #1216 ) - Nottingham, United Kingdom
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StoreFeeder's Ian Dade
StoreFeeder's Ian Dade

The Warehouse Workers Mental Health Report 2025 reveals as many as 42% of UK warehouse workers believe their mental health has suffered as a result of their job.

The report, produced by warehouse management solutions provider StoreFeeder, is based on the responses of 500 warehouse employees in various positions and services across the UK, to understand the current mental health of the sector.

StoreFeeder’s operations manager Ian Dade says the survey is designed to understand the health of the sector as a whole and what can be done to support the mental health of those working within it.

“The mental health of people working in warehouses is something that is regularly explored within the media and by owners and managers in warehouses,” Dade explains.

“Our Warehouse Workers Mental Health Report 2025 aims to explore the state of play not just in the larger scale warehouses the media report on, but across the industry as a whole to understand the key pain points and challenges, as well as the positive work being done by many businesses up and down the country to aid the mental health of their staff.”

The survey also reveals those who believe their mental health has suffered because of their job increases to 60% for staff aged under 35.

It also found the attention paid to mental health, new technologies and initiatives have gone a long way to helping redress the situation.

“Things are beginning to change according to the results, with 43% of workers stating they care about the company they work for and around 80% not expecting to change industries as a result of their mental health,” StoreFeeder states.

Flexible working hours, restricting out-of-hours communication and going paperless to PDAs have been cited as key in helping to improve the mental health of warehouse workers.

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