Go read any of your job contracts or manuals and you’ll probably see there is nothing to address the death of a coworker. At least there wasn’t when the World Trade Center collapsed and several thousand grief and crisis counselors were sent like D-Day infantries ready to help tens of thousands of mourning workers.
No matter how close you were to your colleague(s), it’s a messy affair through and through. Also, a tragedy that might just reveal the real face of your managers and out-of-touch, ‘Don’t let the productivity slide down, people!’ bosses.
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Dealing with the passing of a coworker is a difficult and emotional business
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Today, there are as many decent companies that have an appropriate infrastructure to handle the death of a colleague (like Google) as there are tone-deaf ones. The workplace that u/comrade-linux‘s friend works in is clearly on the wrong side of the tracks.
As far as the email that was shared on r/antiwork goes, it’s a clear indicator that some workplaces and managers should go through appropriate training before handling such cases. “If you need a moment to grieve, please feel free to clock out and spend some time in the break room,” an email that was sent to the whole staff reads. So far, so good… But not a moment passes before the same email changes its tone to corporate and reminds everyone that grieving should not get in the way of the team’s efficiency.
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And yet, this email shows that some companies simply can’t be bothered to care about all that
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