As US adults feel more isolated, employers can step in to help

Loneliness is following people, particularly women, into the workplace: A 2023 study from TheLi.st, an organization focused on connecting women and nonbinary people in business, in partnership with BSG and Berlin Cameron, found that 53% of women have felt lonely at work in the last month, while a 2024 report found that 80% of women in white-collar jobs reported feeling lonely because of work, and 41% said work was their loneliest time of day.