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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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  • Yes, I know what you mean. I have just described it to someone as "work has sucked all of the calm out of me to give to other people, and I've got none left for myself".

    In the weird situation today of alternating between starting to draft a redundancy policy, and getting stress-management and mental health materials refreshed to help people if they are isolated!

    Self-care all the way now, time to get those protective strategies in to get me through as this is going to be a looooong marathon from the look of it.
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  • Yes, I know what you mean. I have just described it to someone as "work has sucked all of the calm out of me to give to other people, and I've got none left for myself".

    In the weird situation today of alternating between starting to draft a redundancy policy, and getting stress-management and mental health materials refreshed to help people if they are isolated!

    Self-care all the way now, time to get those protective strategies in to get me through as this is going to be a looooong marathon from the look of it.
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  • in reply to Sarah
    this is exactly how I am feeling - threats of redundancy whilst trying to keep a workforce some of whom are working from home motivated and those that are not able to work from home also motivated as they are hacked off they cannot work from home.

    People come to us for calm responses but forget we don't have all the answers and get the same information as everyone else does!

    Stay safe and strong