Empathy As A Service: Supporting Mental Health in the Tech Workplace
summary
Tech workplaces face concrete numbers and fixes: 1 in 5 adults experience mental illness and an Open Sourcing Mental Illness survey shows employees expect worse consequences for disclosing mental vs physical illness. Practical steps include training in ALGEE (assess suicide risk, listen nonjudgmentally, give reassurance, encourage help), offering Mental Health First Aid (four 3‑hour sessions, ~€275 in the Netherlands), funded coworking or relocation Welcome Wagons, quiet rooms and noise‑cancelling headphones, on‑call rotation limits with sleep recovery, tokened drink limits and mocktails, and hiring practices that embrace neurodiversity.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03Statistics
- 9:31Why I speak up
- 15:59Background
- 16:36Relocation
- 19:54Remote Work
- 22:51Open Plan Offices
- 26:48OnCall Rotation
- 29:19Alcohol Tech Events
- 34:57Mental Health First Aid
- 37:59Supporting marginalized people in tech
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