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Are any other HR people feeling a bit lonely in all this :(

Samantha

Hi

Sorry its a self indulgent one.

Just wondering if anyone else is feeling a bit lonely?  I have streams of people coming in to my office concerned about it and asking what our plans are for WFH and sickness and about 101 other queries and being openly worried and I have to sit here and be the cabin crew and exude calmness.  Yet I am just as concerned as everyone else.

Managers and Directors etc look to us for calm, measured guidance and practical advice, and being so close to the 'inner circle' and hearing first hand the impact on the business etc.....very worrying, I'm feeling a bit forgotten about and just wondered if anyone else is feeling the same?  It just feels like sometimes people forget that we count as employees too?  

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  • Not self indulgent at all, Samantha! I think you've said what we are all feeling! I know I and my boss are exhausted with constantly with the need to keep up with what's going on so we can tell staff what they need to do and try and carry out crisis planning to know what we should do next. Alongside that I'm trying to keep calm at home so my ten year old son doesn't pick up on my anxiety and then lying awake at night with my own anxiety disorder in full blown panic mode.

    In some ways today has been a bit easier for me as we now know what we need to do (close all our sites for three months, plan to lay off staff from April etc, stop business as usual) and I now know I'll be working from home form next week and probably on short time working from April. It feels like the worst has happened and now I can move forward.

    I really appreciate being able to come here and say all this to people as I've been putting a brave face on it for my family, my colleagues and my boss so being able to admit how I'm feeling is so helpful.
  • in reply to Jacqueline
    I am too having full blown anxiety and have had to take valium and betablokers to help. My husband was made redundant last week as well.
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