corporate culture

Next Step / Taking care of your mental health as a corporate employee

While many organisations now acknowledge the importance of mental health, the practical reality for employees navigating the corporate maze often paints a different picture. So, how can corporate employees protect their mental well-being without sacrificing their professional responsibilities? On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, here are a few strategies—tempered with a dose of realism—to help manage the pressures of office life.

#Perspective / Is your job safe? How to identify and respond to quiet firing

Quiet firing is a rising trend in Bangladesh’s corporate culture, where companies subtly push employees to resign amid financial strain. Recognising signs of quiet firing, like unreasonable targets and withheld opportunities, is crucial for professionals seeking fair treatment and job satisfaction.

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / To be human for the corporation: Olga Ravn’s ‘The Employees’

These characters, human and machine alike, are invited to provide witness statements about their working environment to a commission, which form the entirety of the novel—a design that helps Ravn bring about an atmosphere of tension.

October 10, 2024
October 10, 2024

Taking care of your mental health as a corporate employee

While many organisations now acknowledge the importance of mental health, the practical reality for employees navigating the corporate maze often paints a different picture. So, how can corporate employees protect their mental well-being without sacrificing their professional responsibilities? On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, here are a few strategies—tempered with a dose of realism—to help manage the pressures of office life.

June 6, 2024
June 6, 2024

Is your job safe? How to identify and respond to quiet firing

Quiet firing is a rising trend in Bangladesh’s corporate culture, where companies subtly push employees to resign amid financial strain. Recognising signs of quiet firing, like unreasonable targets and withheld opportunities, is crucial for professionals seeking fair treatment and job satisfaction.

January 19, 2023
January 19, 2023

To be human for the corporation: Olga Ravn’s ‘The Employees’

These characters, human and machine alike, are invited to provide witness statements about their working environment to a commission, which form the entirety of the novel—a design that helps Ravn bring about an atmosphere of tension.