How are you all doing?

The tweet below prompted me to ask this question. You are so busy. You may be feeling undervalued.  

It has been two years since Samantha asked this question, which generated a wonderfully open and supportive conversation days before the first lockdown.

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

So much has happened since then and while in some ways the pandemic accelerated a pre-exisiting direction of travel with regards remote working and technology, so much was new - not least 'furlough', which we were all talking about here. But there have also been deep structural changes and challenges - for example, in recruitment and retention. Now many of you are considering how you can support employees through the cost-of-living crisis

Amid all this, we need to look after ourselves and support one another - our peers. 

So... how are you doing?

  _

Parents
  • I don't know about others but I am really finding it difficult working from home so often.. During the pandemic my org downsized our office and move to perm hybrid working but unfortunately the office was moved a further distance than it had been..

    I'm a lone parent so most days the only time I leave the house is to do the school run and I'm struggling with the isolation. I am considering looking elsewhere but my org are very supportive and allow me to work flexibly around my daughters school so I feel a bit stuck.
  • Hi Becci, sorry to hear you are feeling so isolated with wfh. Do you have people/team/line manager you can chat to regularly eg via Teams/Slack etc? I have a catch up every day at the same time with my team and it's great just to check in for a chat and an update on what we're all working on, what's coming up next etc and anything else going on in our lives. It might also be worth exploring any co-work places in your local area, or suggesting the odd meet up with colleagues mid way in a cafe, park or gallery or something similar?
Reply
  • Hi Becci, sorry to hear you are feeling so isolated with wfh. Do you have people/team/line manager you can chat to regularly eg via Teams/Slack etc? I have a catch up every day at the same time with my team and it's great just to check in for a chat and an update on what we're all working on, what's coming up next etc and anything else going on in our lives. It might also be worth exploring any co-work places in your local area, or suggesting the odd meet up with colleagues mid way in a cafe, park or gallery or something similar?
Children
No Data