I'm not terribly convinced that software engineering is harder on someone mental health than being a doctor, lawyer, sales, engineer, professional athlete, teacher, or any other white collar profession is.
All of these have their specific stressors, all of these professions have loads of articles about how people are leaving these professions due to how hard they are.
All of these jobs tend to lead to them consuming your free time if you don't set boundaries, all have deadlines that lead to stress.
>You cannot take a sick day by telling your team, “I have mental issues and need a day off.”
This hurt me to read on behalf of the OP.
I'm now 20 years into my career and never once have I come across this attitude. People take sick days all the time for mental health. I feel terribly for this person that they felt like they couldn't but this is far and away the exception rather than the rule.
Has any company come out against mental health in the past 20 years?
All of these have their specific stressors, all of these professions have loads of articles about how people are leaving these professions due to how hard they are.
All of these jobs tend to lead to them consuming your free time if you don't set boundaries, all have deadlines that lead to stress.
>You cannot take a sick day by telling your team, “I have mental issues and need a day off.”
This hurt me to read on behalf of the OP.
I'm now 20 years into my career and never once have I come across this attitude. People take sick days all the time for mental health. I feel terribly for this person that they felt like they couldn't but this is far and away the exception rather than the rule.
Has any company come out against mental health in the past 20 years?