HR Grapevine shine a spotlight on our campaign to #MakeHRHappyAgain

HR Grapevine interviewed Dr Jo Burrell about the findings of our HR Mental Wellbeing Survey 2025, which we ran in collaboration with our partners Towergate Employee Benefits. In this feature HR Grapevine shine a spotlight on our campaign to #MakeHRHappyAgain.

Jo refers to our report stating that:

As well as HR people showing two and a half times more propensity for depression, their anxiety levels are also 1.5 times higher than those of the general population as a whole

And talks about our campaign #MakeHRHappyAgain which designed to highlight their need for support.

Jo talks about why the results of our survey emphasise an urgent need to support HR mental health, and discusses the routine support we have in clinical psychology through supervision:

I’ve received ongoing clinical supervision for the whole of my career,” says Burrell. “In my profession, it’s recognised that we need people to support us; to help us get through the often troubling things we hear day to day.” But she adds: “Here’s the thing – this system of support simply doesn’t seem to exist for those who work in HR. There’s just this constant assumption that HR folk can ‘cope’. Well, I know they can’t cope, because people are telling me this on a daily basis, and HR badly needs help.

Find out more about HR Supervision here