Workplace: “We care about the mental health and well-being of all our employees!”
Worker: “Um, how so?”
Workplace: “We totally do! We made a social media post about it!”
Worker: “So does that mean you’ll be taking proactive action to improve the mental health and well-being of your employees?”
Workplace: “Absolutely! How can we help?!”
Worker: “Well given the high rates of inflation, a pay rise that matches the increase in the cost of living would take a lot of stress off my colleagues and I……”
Workplace: “……….”
Worker: “Um, well…….”
Workplace: “Yeah, not like that. Here’s a link to a mindfulness video on YouTube.”