> Openly acknowledging that there can be serious mental health issues related to remote work. People are not alone in these struggles, and there’s nothing “wrong” with feeling anxious or depressed.
> Encouraging people to use sick days for mental health when they need them.
It's nice that a company actually cares, but I feel there's a way to push this too far... Like not everything is a "mental health issue". You feel sad, unmotivated, anxious about your future some days? Well everyone does, it's called being human (and not a psychopath)! I sometimes get the feeling that by encouraging indulging in these (often ephemeral, fleeting) feelings encourages a victim mentality of helplessness and doom... maybe we should be encouraging resilience instead (not in the "be strong suppress your feelings" kind of way, just as a middle ground).
This isn't what accepting that you have mental health issues look like. This is what happens when you don't have support to handle your mental health in helpful ways.
> Encouraging people to use sick days for mental health when they need them.
It's nice that a company actually cares, but I feel there's a way to push this too far... Like not everything is a "mental health issue". You feel sad, unmotivated, anxious about your future some days? Well everyone does, it's called being human (and not a psychopath)! I sometimes get the feeling that by encouraging indulging in these (often ephemeral, fleeting) feelings encourages a victim mentality of helplessness and doom... maybe we should be encouraging resilience instead (not in the "be strong suppress your feelings" kind of way, just as a middle ground).