Warning: This profession can damage your mental health

The poor mental health experienced by public relations professionals, and by definition, internal communication practitioners isn’t improving, and seems to be getting worse. Much of this could be driven by the behaviour of other colleagues in the organisation and a general lack of investment in the function. Until this changes, should working in PR and IC carry a ‘this profession can damage your mental health’ warning?

Voice Only

When did it suddenly become compulsory for remote workers to be ‘on camera’? Constantly being visible on camera is proven to be stressful and unproductive. We need to establish and communicate clear rules about how employees should interact in remote working organisations, to create healthy workplace cultures that are fit for a post pandemic world.