Blind, an anonymous community app, surveyed tech employees to see how many would identify themselves as depressed.
- 38.78% answered with ‘True’ to a question asking if they were depressed.
- Amazon led the way with 43.4% of employees answering with ‘True,” Microsoft (with 41.58%) and Intel (with 38.86%).
- Apple had the lowest percentage of employees answering with 30.61%.
- The two other companies with the lowest percentage of employees answering with ‘False’ are Google (with 33.11%) and Cisco (with 34.69%).
The survey ran from Nov 20 through Nov 28, 2018, and was answered by 10,081 users of the Blind app. Users could only answer once.
| Company | True | False | Count | % True | % False |
| Amazon | 447 | 583 | 1030 | 43.40% | 56.60% |
| Microsoft | 380 | 534 | 914 | 41.58% | 58.42% |
| Intel | 68 | 107 | 175 | 38.86% | 61.14% |
| 55 | 87 | 142 | 38.73% | 61.27% | |
| 149 | 257 | 406 | 36.70% | 63.30% | |
| Uber | 80 | 143 | 223 | 35.87% | 64.13% |
| Oracle | 50 | 92 | 142 | 35.21% | 64.79% |
| Cisco | 51 | 96 | 147 | 34.69% | 65.31% |
| 148 | 299 | 447 | 33.11% | 66.89% | |
| Apple | 45 | 102 | 147 | 30.61% | 69.39% |
Source: Blind