The Law In this series, I have tried to cover some areas that affect the mental well-being of an employee at workplace. Most of the times, we look for laws and regulations pertaining to certain instances of discomfort. In the US and Europe, Mental Harassment is touted as equivalent to Sexual Harassment and has laws and policies in place for identification and treatment. In India, there are laws in place against Sexual Harassment, but no specific Law or Policy against Mental H

Pausing the Mental Harassment series for a while, which is a more serious topic, I thought of picking up a rather quirky subject for a break. Your Dish Says it All The food you eat and the way you eat it says a lot about your personality. I learnt this mantra during the first few years of my corporate life. I have seen people ordering lentil soup and brown rice during a Business Meeting, and then switching over to eating dal chawal with their bare hands at home. I too have ev

Next in the series on Mental Harassment is the issue of difficult or unreasonable expectations. Desperate times call for desperate measures, but those measures become troublesome when they force you to choose between work and other pressing responsibilities time and again. Mismatching of expectations is very subjective. Expectations could be offset from both the sides, the employer and the employee. If the employee puts up unreasonable demands, they are dealt with accordingly

Mental Harassment has always existed but not gained enough mileage to be talked about officially, especially in India. I am sure, each one of us would have faced difficult circumstances at work place. Most of the organisations today have policies in place to make their culture more inclusive and flexible, and hierarchies flat, but at times employing them in every corner becomes a challenge. For this article, I connected with a lot of people in my network who shared stories, i

Working in a corporate has its highs and lows. And if you are a part of the revenue generating department, it takes more than just thick-skin to overcome the blows. These times when work-from-home feels forced, I came across a lot of people who are facing major crises on a daily basis. A search for a solution took me back to the times when I had created a mental reference list for myself. Trust me when I say that I have never been a gyaan guru, but this list helped me sail th