Preventing suicide at work: information for employers, managers and employees

Being at work can be good for mental health. But the increasing pressures at work can be stressful. A difficult work environment or ongoing work-related stressors can worsen the mental health of employees. In some circumstances, they may take their own lives. But suicide is never the answer. There is always hope.

Employers and managers have an important role to play in looking out for the mental health of their staff.

[Tiberiansam]

Employers don't give a shit about the mental health of their employees, especially when it comes to psychological harassment...

[AMPtheWALDO]

NEVER MET AN EMPLOYER THAT GAVE A SHIT, THEY'LL REPLACE YOU IN A HEARTBEAT

[jcroisdale]

a 49 second video on suicide is dystopian asf

[HunterHunter]

Employers be like, "don't kill yourself, I thought you were a team player. Can you imagine how much stress the team would have with one less person to carry the load? "

[clarkmay]

Suicide is never the answer because we need you around to make us more money.

[MrDriedanddone]

Employers don't give a shit about mental

[chocolate]

Between home and work, things have gotten too much for me to deal with. I’ve tried reaching out, only to be ignored or told to think positively. Everyone hates me, I’m doing horribly at work, I don’t have any friends, family or anything. I have to keep lying, saying “I’m fine” when I’m not. I think people that say “I’m here for you” is something they say to make themselves feel better. There’s no sincerity behind it.

[PresidentAshenHeart]

Even if a job isn’t stressful, the fact we HAVE to dedicate at least 40 hours a week there in order to live is enough to push some people over the edge.

Most people do not want to work a job. They’d rather work on things they care about.

[robertrool]

Maybe in Utopia. But not in real world.

[kendrarathbone]

The comments on this are so real and I feel less alone now. Thank you to everyone who is done "being polite (ie quiet)" about this.

[amys]

Employers couldn’t care less. This video is a joke.

[Nebula]

I've never worked for or known any employer to care enough about their employees as ppl let alone their mental health to want to even attempt doing anything go help them out.

[ninjasolidsnake]

My employer is much more likely to hand me the rope.

[Naknave]

Usually one emotional outburst or mention of self deletion and they just fire you, not their problem anymore
Know one too many people fired bc of mental health.

[littlerednoneya]

"Suicide is never the option" yet homelessness, starvation, poverty, etc is somehow always an option....funny that I should stay alive for THAT. I should live in Hell, instead of freeing myself into the void....right🤦🏾‍♀️

[sphinx]

Idk why but this video is scary. It's almost dystopian

[TeamAwesomese]

I feel like this video only encourages CYA HR practices that, when implemented, usually make a suicidal employee to be even more suicidal.

There’s a low suicide rate at a company if everyone who is suicidal quits or is laid off.

Encouraging a ‘culture’ where employees talk about the mental health of other employees leads to abuse. For example, Employee A tells the entire office that they are concerned about the mental health of Employee B.

Employee B may not have any mental health issues, aside from Employee A’s slander.

Do you think management is more likely to promote employee B if they think employee B is suicidal?

In this example employee A just killed employee B’s career.

[gustavoherrera]

Teaching is horrible for depression and only make me more suicidal. Work is bad.

[slowlifedreams]

We are nothing but a number to employers and co workers are not your friends. We are more than our jobs, it's important to separate yourself from your job and learn to mediate a mindset to your personal life and where you want to be, instead of just going home and take work with you, which will make your crazy. Quit social media scrolling, if not, limit the times you spend on it; if only to prevent yourself from comparing your life to others and having to watch toxic videos about toxic people.

[lteller]

There is a law firm (main office in AZ) in NM who needs this video desperately. They discriminated against me due to my severe depression and anxiety. I guess they figure since they're lawyers they can get away with anything. Think again ....