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
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.
