Employee mental health was in crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. A shortage of mental health providers, high costs, and a lack of alternatives have left employees facing stigma and feeling unsupported, leading to significant impacts on engagement and medical spend. Employee experience (EX) pros should read this report to understand the crisis that their employees are experiencing and why mental health is an employer problem. It will arm EX pros with the data and insight they need to make the business case to invest in employee mental health.