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The last 3 companies I’ve worked at over the last few years have all had “mental health days” in one form or another as a separate offering to sicks days. It’s
by iamacyborg 3y ago
The last 3 companies I’ve worked at over the last few years have all had “mental health days” in one form or another as a separate offering to sicks days. It’s very common, at least in the UK.
- euroderf 3y agoSounds enlightened. A lot of the comments here seem to use the term mental health days without irony quotes. A mental health day is not a psychological crisis. It is a plea for a timeout from the workaday grind.
- iamacyborg 3y agoI didn’t put the quotes to indicate any irony, just that they’re explicitly different to your sick days and allotted differently. I was interviewing at a company recently and they called out that they offer 1 mental health day per month, in addition to other benefits.
- euroderf 3y agoCurious - is it a "use it or lose it", or can an unused MH day be carried over to the next month ?
- iamacyborg 3y agoI didn't end up getting the job there but I assume it's use it or lose it. It's basically an extra 12 days of paid holiday a year which is quite significant.
- euroderf 3y agoIndeed so.