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The unspoken reason people sometimes quit their jobs: Loneliness
Helping employees feel a sense of belonging should be regarded as a core business strategy.
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The writer says that the workplace loneliness epidemic is not new, but it has accelerated.
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Uma Thana Balasingam
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My millennial colleague once told me that one of her favourite moments at work was our Friday team lunches.
One week, she was rushing to finish an urgent e-mail and told us to go ahead without her. But we waited – all eight of us, by the lift. Later, she said that our small act of waiting meant the world to her.
