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Thoughts on what the company should do after an employee’s death?

A week or two ago, my co-worker/friend passed away. It was the father of another employee at the same company, and the guy had been there for a while, more than two years I think. The news was announced in a safety meeting (I work in construction) and after the news, the meeting kept going. I had to step out because I was both incredibly devastated by the news and infuriated with how they handled it. The son seemed to be fine, using work to distract himself, but I feel like this could have been handled in a different way. An email with the news, canceling the meeting since we had all week to do it, allowing all employees to take a day to grieve if they needed to, something along those lines. But I'm also very sensitive to death and know that all people handle it differently. Have y'all…


A week or two ago, my co-worker/friend passed away. It was the father of another employee at the same company, and the guy had been there for a while, more than two years I think. The news was announced in a safety meeting (I work in construction) and after the news, the meeting kept going.

I had to step out because I was both incredibly devastated by the news and infuriated with how they handled it. The son seemed to be fine, using work to distract himself, but I feel like this could have been handled in a different way. An email with the news, canceling the meeting since we had all week to do it, allowing all employees to take a day to grieve if they needed to, something along those lines. But I'm also very sensitive to death and know that all people handle it differently.

Have y'all ever had a co-worker pass away? How was it handled/how do you think it should be handled?

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