#workplace-impact

#workplace-impact

Car accidents are usually spoken about in terms of damage, repairs, and insurance claims. Yet beyond the visible dents and broken glass, many individuals walk away with hidden injuries that affect their daily lives long after the vehicle has been restored. The aftermath can involve more than a visit to the body shop; it often requires medical attention, emotional support, and financial decisions that reach into every part of life.

When I rather nervously shared a personal post about dealing with brain fog at work on the social network LinkedIn last week, I had no idea that it would have such an enormous impact. It's been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. Women have stopped me on the street to talk to me about it. I've been overwhelmed by hundreds of messages from people sharing support and their own experiences of it. Usually I cover technology news. But given the response, it felt important to talk about this as well.

Back in 2018 I found myself in an interesting spot. I had decided to leave academia and education to pursue something new in my working life. Despite the downsides, it's easy to feel morally comfortable with being a teacher, but many other jobs can give pause. The timing and my background placed me in a near perfect position to think about how ethics factors into choosing a career. So on what criteria does one base the moral legitimacy of a job? I realized that: