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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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  • Hi,

    Try to connect with at least one person per day wether that’s just off loading work issues. Try also going for a walk as this does help with our wellbeing.
  • in reply to Gary Bavin
    It's so important to have social chatter to replace what you take for granted in the office. You're all free to join me every week day at 13:00 UK time to do just that... Genius.li/btbs

    Connecting with people to talk about work is transactional, not social, it does nothing to restore your sense of social connection.
  • in reply to Peter

    I really cannot agree with that final statement Peter. Very few (if any) conversations are purely one thing or the other, and within our profession almost all our meaningful discussions will contain aspects of both. A professional opinion or transactional discussion is fundamentally founded in the social and personal history and contexts of the person making it, unless they are quoting verbatim from a law book, policy, or technical manual; at which point (if so) they have also ceased making any individual contribution to the conversation/discussion and might as well have stayed at home (or off the line) that day.

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  • in reply to Peter

    I really cannot agree with that final statement Peter. Very few (if any) conversations are purely one thing or the other, and within our profession almost all our meaningful discussions will contain aspects of both. A professional opinion or transactional discussion is fundamentally founded in the social and personal history and contexts of the person making it, unless they are quoting verbatim from a law book, policy, or technical manual; at which point (if so) they have also ceased making any individual contribution to the conversation/discussion and might as well have stayed at home (or off the line) that day.

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