Results

Introduction

The survey consisted of 12 questions in three main sections: questions about demographic information, work-related stressors, and mental health perceptions. The survey was open to restaurant workers of all kinds, so long as they had worked in the industry before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Participants who answered “No” to either Question two or Question three, which verify this, did not have their responses included in the data analysis process.

Of the 12 questions, 11 asked participants to choose an answer from predefined selections; however, questions were outfitted with ”Other” and “Prefer not to answer” options wherever possible. The final question regarded work-related stress management and asked participants to describe their coping mechanisms in their own words. This question was optional and received only 22 responses out of 34 total participants. The only other optional question was Question eight, regarding workplace satisfaction, which received a response from all 34 participants.