89% Believe It. Only 9% Can Prove It.
When the C-Suite asks if mental health benefits are worth it, do you have the numbers to answer?
Mental Health Awareness Month arrives every May with the same challenge: prove employee mental health matters beyond good intentions. Recent research from Spring Health found that 89% of HR leaders believe mental health benefits are a competitive advantage. Only 9% can prove it.
This blog is for you — if you want to join that 9%.
The numbers that end the conversation: $2,005 per member. $2.5M per 10,000 employees.
When CFOs ask if workforce resilience pays off, the 9% don't debate it — they hand over the figures. meQ customers see $2,005 in annual cost savings per member across five areas: productivity gains, fewer sick days, lower healthcare costs, reduced turnover, and fewer mental health-related absences.
Scale that to 10,000 employees and the return exceeds $2.5 million. The model assumes a $50,000 average salary, 25% enrollment, 50% engagement, and 30% resilience improvement — all typical meQ benchmarks.
Real customers. Real results.
The 9% don't rely on vendor promises. They let documented outcomes do the talking.
- Paychex saw an 18% reduction in turnover among meQ users. Jake Flaitz, Director of Benefits and Wellbeing: "It's great to have some numbers behind us so it's not just an opinion or a feeling."
- Florida Blue reduced healthcare costs by 22% among participants, verified by a third-party actuary.
- Citizens Bank saw 41% less manager burnout in teams using meQ.
Ready for the follow-up questions.
CFOs dig deeper. The 9% are prepared.
- 25% of employees typically join voluntary programs
- 50% stay engaged
- 30% average resilience improvement across industries
When the numbers get questioned, they show the methodology. When the methodology gets questioned, they show customer results.
Mental Health Awareness Month is your opening.
Executives pay attention in May. Budgets get reviewed. Questions get asked. The 9% use that moment to present data in terms leaders care about — not wellness outcomes, but business performance.
Genentech combined meQ's workforce intelligence with a company-wide campaign, engaging leaders on the value for their teams and themselves. The data works because it comes with context: real-time resilience scores managers can see and act on.
Join the 9% who prove it.
meQ builds and measures resilience — then translates it into ROI your CFO will recognize. Talk to meQ to see how workforce resilience ROI works with your numbers, your industry, and your budget meetings.
