If companies could support grieving workers, both the company and the individual could come out stronger, founder says
It’s personal, it’s universal and according to Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneur Melissa Saleh, it can be transformative in affecting the way we show up in life and at work.
At the time Ms. Saleh, who was also a former employment lawyer, was the founder of a company that helped startups launch digital platforms. She was hiring, doing payroll, handling client contracts and more.This wasn’t the first time Ms. Saleh has experienced grief at work. Right before starting her company she had miscarried quietly in the bathroom at another job.
“Fundamentally, the corporate capitalist system was not made for the messiness of human life,” she says. “During traumatic circumstances ... there’s this expectation to figure it out, get through it, join a Facebook group; but don’t bring it to work.”Ms. Saleh says that if companies could support grieving workers, both the company and the individual could come out stronger.
She says that when people are given the time and resources to truly feel their feelings, and have a proper grieving process, they come out as a different person who approaches life and work differently – in a good way.
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