Woman Requests Time Off For Mental Health And Her Boss' Response Is Everything We Want To Hear

It's a shame that we are not picking up conversations that address mental illness - problems that affect our emotional, psychological, and social well-being.

But?Madalyn Parker is just the luckier one from the lot. She recently sent a mail to her boss, asking for a time off because she needed to take care of her mental health, and his response moved her.?

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Parker works for live chat software engineering company Olark?and has been extremely vocal about her battle with mental illness.?

Owing to which, recently she found herself in need of some time off and she sent this to her team and her boss.?

In his response, Olark?CEO Ben Congleton and Madalyn's boss wrote an email that brought a wave of praises.?

Almost 9.5 thousand people have resonated with her situation and praised her boss over his genuine concern and pleasing reply.?

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Sadly, not everyone is happy with this gesture.

Mental illness can be as fatal and serious as any other disease, sometimes even more threatening. Not only do we need to make amends in our policies to comfort employees, but we also need to start a conversation about it.