2025 HR Wellbeing Report: The state of HR

For the third year running, the Evolving HR Wellbeing Survey has come back with the same story: HR professionals are stressed, overwhelmed and largely getting on with it. In 2025, 98.9% of respondents reported stress in their roles. 96.6% felt overwhelmed. The dial has barely moved. In this episode of In Conversation With, Kirsty is joined by Joanne Wells from Hanoli HR and Adam Bell from Wingate Benefit Solutions, both of whom contributed commentary to the 2025 report, to dig into what's really going on. They cover why HR keeps absorbing everyone else's pressure without building the same infrastructure for themselves, the difference between wellbeing as a strategic commitment versus a tick-box benefit, whether the profession has fallen into a martyrdom trap and what it would actually take to see those numbers shift. Download the Wellbeing Report for free here: https://ethicahr.kartra.com/page/Well...