Mental Health

In Tech Companies

About the Project

This project explores how personal and workplace factors affect mental health in the tech industry. Using responses from over 1,300 professionals across multiple organizations, it uncovers key trends and patterns related to mental wellbeing and the decision to seek treatment. The analysis covers everything from cleaning complex survey data to building easy-to-understand dashboards.

Industry: Telecom company.

Target Users: HR Leaders, HealthTech Startups, Mental Health Policy Makers, Health Centers.

Problem to Solve

Mental health is often under-addressed in high-stress industries like tech, despite existing support programs.
This project tackles:

Understand which personal and workplace factors lead to mental health challenges.
Identify patterns that influence whether someone seeks help or not.
Convert survey feedback into clear, actionable insights.
Support decision-makers with evidence-based recommendations.

Key Features / Highlights

Smart Data Preprocessing: Developed an automated, scalable pipeline to process the data and ready for future data or HR analytics platform integration.
Patterns Analysis: Explored relationships between factors like family history, manager support, and company policies with mental health outcomes.
Visual Dashboards: Built user-friendly dashboards in Tableau to present findings visually, making it easy for non-technical users to explore the data.
Predictive Indicators: Highlighted trends that help estimate the likelihood of someone seeking treatment, using clear, explainable analysis methods.

Technologies Used

Cloud Platform: Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Data Analysis & Modeling:

Data Storage: Flat files (CSV survey dataset).

Data Processing & Automation: Scripted workflows in R, Scheduler.

Data Visualization: Tableau Dashboards for interactive, non-technical stakeholder access.

Data Cleaning, Feature Grouping, Correlation Analysis, PCA, Supervised Learning models.

Results & Impact

Strategic Clarity: We identified key workplace factors such as anonymity, manager support, and mental health benefits that strongly influence employee wellbeing and the likelihood of seeking help.
Interactive Dashboards: Delivered an executive-friendly Tableau dashboard that empowered HR and leadership teams to explore findings, monitor risks, and make informed policy decisions.
Scalable and Reusable Framework: Built a reusable data pipeline adaptable to future surveys or internal HR data, making ongoing mental health monitoring more efficient.
Business Value: Helped stakeholders identify gaps in support systems, reduce burnout risks, improve engagement, and position themselves as mental health-forward employers.