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The Coming Mental Health Crisis as Remote Working Surges

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33 pointsRickJWagner9 comments

I know plenty of people whose mental health was damaged in the office by spending all day with people who don't care about each other. In the best case, they'll be cordial and professional. The worse cases are much worse. And they'll forget about you the minute you leave the company.

Personally, I'd prefer to spend my day at home and go out to meet actual friends and family after work.

Modern office work is not the default state of humanity, let's not pretend otherwise. I bet a lot of people would be happier with a modern version of farming their own land and spending time with friends and family.

"The research was conducted by OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANY Viking"

Care to elaborate on why you think this is important to the discussion? I'll assume you mean to point out some kind of ill intent, but man, even at my most conspiratorial I'm coming up empty.

I'd say the source of any research is an interesting data point without assuming additional intent

> but man, even at my most conspiratorial I'm coming up empty.

You don't see how it can be seen as odd that an office supply company advocates against working at home? For this to work I'm obviously assuming that they profit from keeping company offices stocked.

If you're a parent trying to work from home while simultaneously keeping one or multiple children occupied and/or working on their own schoolwork, the mental stress is magnified. And it's not going away any time soon.

I suspect any mental health issues are far more likely to do with the virus, and lockdown.

I'm actually hosting a webinar today on this very topic if interested: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/101595382524

I feel like we have already been in a mental health crisis for at least the last few decades, or at least it has steadily declined amongst the general population

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