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Employee helplines are only there to stop your employer getting sued (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The companies that provide actual mental help is too damn rare. You may get some once you get burnt out, but that's basically a bandaid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's because under capitalism the optimal strategy is "work to extinction" because then they can't leave to work for another company.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I just left the employment of an opioid manufacturer. They are tripling down and spending to increase production. Good luck on your second bankruptcy in 5 years Mallinkrodt/SpecGX.