At eight o’clock during weekdays, millions of employees in Kenya are clocking into their workstations to begin their daily cores. To HR and supervisor dashboard metrics, the employees are present. In reality, however, this is a dangerous illusion in our organisations: the presenteeism myth.
Employees are physical at their workstation, but emotionally and mentally, far away. They are drowning under the heavy yoke of job stagnation, toxic environments and unrealistic roles. When the working environment shifts from a place of productivity to an ordeal of toxicity, the cost is no longer a measure of underperformance. It is a measure of human lives.
The month of September is celebrated as the Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. It is important that organisations begin to look beyond corporate regulations and confront the dark realities.
At eight o’clock during weekdays, millions of employees in Kenya are clocking into their workstations to begin their daily cores. To HR and supervisor dashboard metrics, the employees are present. In reality, however, this is a dangerous illusion in our organisations: the presenteeism myth.
Employees are physical at their workstation, but emotionally and mentally, far away. They are drowning under the heavy yoke of job stagnation, toxic environments and unrealistic roles. When the working environment shifts from a place of productivity to an ordeal of toxicity, the cost is no longer a measure of underperformance. It is a measure of human lives.
The month of September is celebrated as the Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. It is important that organisations begin to look beyond corporate regulations and confront the dark realities.