The Worst Thing You Can Do At Work After Another Mass Shooting Is Nothing
LOADING ERROR LOADING Yet another terrible mass shooting took place in America this week, an unfortunately regular traumatic occurrence in this nation. “As colleagues but also as managers…, we can’t just expect people to just work as if nothing happened, to function at their optimal capacity when there has been this massacre that occurred,” said Natalie Gutierrez, a trauma therapist in New York and New Jersey, adding, “I would assume people are not fine. “People can create protective facades where you don’t see the struggle,” Gutierrez said. Gutierrez said this might be as simple as stating, ”‘Y’all, I’m just noticing that I am struggling more today and there is a lot of sadness and heaviness.’” If you have a privileged identity, you might even say ”’I’m feeling this way and I also know that there are people who are being targeted that don’t share the privileged identities that I share that experience this every single day. One word of caution: Don’t assume that you know what someone is going through right now “even if you share the same identities,” Gutierrez said.


Discover Related

Mass shooting in US, 1 dead and 9 injured in Maryland’s Towson

Things to know about the shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin

Mysterious Motive Behind Downtown Orlando Shooting: Police Search for a Cause

Two Dead, Six Injured in Orlando Mass Shooting During Halloween Celebrations

Mass shooting kills 4 and wounds 18 in nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama

Editorial: Trump shooting a shocking and perilous moment for America

Mass shooting: 3 killed in firing near University of Cincinnati in US

Mass shootings across the US mark the first weekend of summer

Authorities across US grapple with rash of violence in final days of spring

Parkland Families, Students Watch As Demolition Begins At School Shooting Site

"I’d like to see it gone": Teardown begins on Parkland shooting site

Sandy Hook survivors will honor murdered classmates at their high school graduation

'Saddened': Jaishankar on deadly Prague university shooting that killed 14

Day of mourning declared after 14 killed in Prague mass shooting

Halloween weekend shootings across US leave at least 11 dead, scores injured

Rampant shootings mar Halloween weekend across US, 8 dead, 50+ injured
