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For one, this is something existing employees are being told to sign. So they've been working at a job liable to give them PTSD for quite some time, and only no
by untog 7y ago
For one, this is something existing employees are being told to sign. So they've been working at a job liable to give them PTSD for quite some time, and only now is the company acknowledging it... via a legal disclaimer they're forcing employees to sign.
> It also seeks to make employees responsible for monitoring changes in their mental health and orders them to disclose negative changes to their supervisor or HR representative.
Absolute abdication of responsibility. Doesn't exactly scream "fair treatment" to me.
- goatinaboat 7y agoIt is very much the nature of mental health that by the time you notice the deterioration you have already been possibly permanently harmed. What exactly will happen to someone who reports themselves as such to HR? Let me repeat again for anyone who hasn’t figured it out yet: HR is not your friend.
- pmiller2 7y agoExactly why these employees should all be provided regular therapy sessions as part of their employment, regardless of whether they've noticed any issues.
- wombatpm 7y agoHaving been around the corporate block a few times. I agree and say as much to my younger coworkers. You have a problem. You think, "I'll ask HR for help." Now you have 2 problems.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoIt's a responsibility that should be abdicated. Would it be better if Google could force people to attend therapy because the company decided they're unwell?
- untog 7y agoIt would be better if every employee had a regular check in with a mental health professional. Google don’t need to decide anything. “Forced” makes it sound very authoritarian, but yes, requiring such checkups as a condition of employment would be a good thing.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI respect the consistency of your viewpoint, but mandating that all employees undergo a specific regimen of prophylactic mental health treatment would be incredibly unpopular and probably illegal.
- thewebcount 7y agoHow so? I believe that police officers need to do this after particularly bad encounters, for example. (In fact if you search for "police psychological interview" you'll find hundreds of pages and even YouTube videos showing "how to pass your police psychological exam.") So it's definitely not illegal, at least not across the board.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI admit I had not thought about that. It does go against my case quite a bit.
- redisman 7y agoUnpopular with who? Also more unpopular than offering no help to the moderators?
- pmiller2 7y agoIf employment at Google were the direct cause of mental health issues, then, yes, Google should take responsibility. That responsibility should include providing mental health care, not forcing it upon anyone. Don't strawman the issue.