The mental health of people who undertake mindfulness or meditation courses offered by their employer is generally no better than those who are not offered such programmes
My workplace recently started doing a “Path to the Weekend” initiative. This is a mandatory meeting held at 5pm on a Friday for an hour about every month, where we have to have extroverted style discussions such as “tell us about 2 new things you accomplished in your personal life since the last meeting.”.
I’ve been the pain I in the ass who was kept on until I quit for a better job, and I’ve also been the overly available, underpaid, overtime worker who got laid off.
Upper management is totally blind to which employees are valuable. Now I’m just myself. I focus on career, my skills, networking, and keep an eye on the job postings every now and then.
Yeah I suppose that depends on the outfit. Maybe you need a minimum of goodwill and strategic alignment from those around you.
At least you’ll get quality references from quality people over time. When I was laid off I had a tonne of heat references and contacts to help me out because they knew who I was based on how I acted when we worked together.
That sounds awful. My job thankfully knows I’m a privacy nut and they respect that. They don’t need to know what I do in my me time and when they think they do I explain the concept of linux so I don’t have to explain the concept of being heavily involved in my local bdsm community.
I’m not entirely sure. If we had an HR department I think they’d have a lot of questions. That and men already ask me out at work too much, I can’t imagine how much worse it would get.
We used to hold an unofficial after hours on Fridays, not mandatory, where we’d shoot the shit, sometimes about work, sometimes about outside work. It was mostly to decompress after the week with a drink or two. It was effective at bringing everyone together but it only worked because it was optional and a relaxed environment. Mandatory fun doesn’t work.
My workplace recently started doing a “Path to the Weekend” initiative. This is a mandatory meeting held at 5pm on a Friday for an hour about every month, where we have to have extroverted style discussions such as “tell us about 2 new things you accomplished in your personal life since the last meeting.”.
It’s hell.
Time to start seeing just how “mandatory” they’re talking.
That or I would just have one stock answer every week. “I like to keep my personal life out of your fucking meetings.”
And then you get branded “the combative one” and get laid off first when they consider layoffs
This is why office workers need unions too
If I had to endure that every month, I’d be already looking around anyway.
I’ve been the pain I in the ass who was kept on until I quit for a better job, and I’ve also been the overly available, underpaid, overtime worker who got laid off.
Upper management is totally blind to which employees are valuable. Now I’m just myself. I focus on career, my skills, networking, and keep an eye on the job postings every now and then.
Yeah, sure, but when “being yourself” is caring about the work enough to speak up, it doesn’t get easier at any time
Yeah I suppose that depends on the outfit. Maybe you need a minimum of goodwill and strategic alignment from those around you.
At least you’ll get quality references from quality people over time. When I was laid off I had a tonne of heat references and contacts to help me out because they knew who I was based on how I acted when we worked together.
Which is probably the entire point. Finding the potential rebels and marking them for removal.
"I managed to continue taking my antidepressants and I didn’t kill myself despite my suicidal ideations since the last meeting!
I hope those are good enough accomplishments. "
Y’all need unions lol
That sounds awful. My job thankfully knows I’m a privacy nut and they respect that. They don’t need to know what I do in my me time and when they think they do I explain the concept of linux so I don’t have to explain the concept of being heavily involved in my local bdsm community.
You should totally explain the concept of being heavily involved in your local bdsm community. I bet it’s the last time they ask for anything.
I’m not entirely sure. If we had an HR department I think they’d have a lot of questions. That and men already ask me out at work too much, I can’t imagine how much worse it would get.
“My personal life is personal.”
Tone deaf AF
… What the fuck?
We used to hold an unofficial after hours on Fridays, not mandatory, where we’d shoot the shit, sometimes about work, sometimes about outside work. It was mostly to decompress after the week with a drink or two. It was effective at bringing everyone together but it only worked because it was optional and a relaxed environment. Mandatory fun doesn’t work.