- Invest in employee well-being - advocate for mental health support in the workplace.
- Review your flexible working strategy - embrace flexible work policies for better work/life balance.
- Review stock plan offerings - consider a company stock plan to improve employee engagement, drive employee ownership, and enhance compensation.
- Consider total rewards - after reviewing your offerings to confirm if your programs are aligned to your company culture and values and your employees’ needs, consider a Total Rewards approach.
Work
Understanding employees’ needs from their employer regarding benefits and financial wellness and understanding take up of, and changes to, equity plans.
Featured findings
Workers want support from their employers in a wide-range of areas
Since our last survey in 2021, we found most workers remain consistent with the kinds of support they would like to see from their employers. With 33% reporting they would like support with work/life balance and 26% reporting they would like mental health and wellbeing support.

Compensation desires after salaries is also varied
When it comes to compensation desires, after their salary, workers rank getting a bonus, a workplace retirement savings plan, annual leave and work flexibility as the most important parts in their workplace benefits package.

Sentiment around work and work/life balance is mixed
58% of workers surveyed around the globe describing the current state of their work/life balance as “good". However, our findings also show that for around half of individuals surveyed (46%) work/life balance is also seen as a cause of stress.

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Source: The Fidelity Global Sentiment Survey 2022.
Actions for Employers to consider
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2022 work insights
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More key findings
Well-Being
Understanding the emotional intensity experienced by people in the previous months and evaluating people’s well-being across finances, health, work and life.
Financial habits
Assessing financial and investing confidence, as well as current financial habits related to spending, saving and debt.
Retirement
Determining current retirement timelines and changes to planned retirement ages and understanding employees’ approach to financial planning.

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Global Employer Survey 2021 work findings