How US companies mess up handling post-election workplace drama
Companies try weird ways to handle workplace tensions after Trumps win‚ from therapy ducks to Lego rooms But their approach might make things worse between different groups of workers
After Donald Trumps recent win US companies started doing some weird stuff - setting-up counseling programs therapy pets and even lego-filled rooms (which looks more like a kids play-center than a workplace)
Half of the people in our workplaces are very upset today
Some businesses went over-board: The Guardian sent out support-program memos students got therapy ducks and certain stores just closed down for a day. Its like they forgot that this is still a work-place not a self-help retreat
The whole thing shows a big work-place split - while white-collar workers get time-off and special treatment blue-collar staff (who mostly backed Trump) dont get these perks. This kind of stuff just makes the rich-poor divide worse; especially since about 67% of voters said the economy wasnt doing good on Nov 5th
Companies are losing around $2bn each day from low productivity and workers staying home which is super-bad for business. The funny thing is: while company leaders think theyre doing great with this stuff (like 84% say they know what theyre doing) only half the workers agree. Some tech-savvy companies tried banning political talk altogether - but that didnt work out so well when places like Coinbase lost lots of staff back in 2020
Smart companies need to find a middle-ground: support workers who might be affected by new policies but dont turn the office into a therapy-center. Political fights at work arent new but treating one side different than the other just makes everything worse
