Workplace well-being initiatives don't boost employee mental health

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Workplace well-being initiatives don't boost employee mental health
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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

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.