Sitting in meetings wanting to shout out ‘this is nonsense’ – what to do when work is a source of angst | Gaynor Parkin

Recognising the toll of emotional labour and connecting with people in similar circumstances can help

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Since management changed, the things that are special about working here are getting squashed and lost. It's a completely different workplace now, and I'm not sure if I fit here any more. It feels so sad."

Rob* was working hard to maintain his composure as he described the changes he was experiencing a few weeks into an out-of-the-blue organisational change. The IT company he joined over a decade ago had been merged into a much larger global business and it felt to Rob that everything he held dear at work was disappearing.