Adriana Lima, a communications manager at a startup, discusses the complexities of younger coworkers sharing personal information at work. While she appreciates the openness regarding mental health, she feels unqualified to act as a therapist. Lima strives for a balance, ensuring that colleagues are comfortable while not turning the workplace into a therapy session. The article highlights the changing dynamics of work-life balance, especially post-pandemic, where personal and professional lives overlap more than ever, supported by technology that keeps work accessible around the clock.
At the end of the day, all of us would be doing the employee a disservice if we were trying to act as a mental health professional.
We now take our work home readily and easily, basically in our pockets with our phones. The lines are blurred no matter what.
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