To the Editor:
Re “Do Not Bring Your ‘Whole Self’ to Work,” by Pamela Paul (column, Sept. 26):
After decades of being badgered by my employer’s human resources department to think of my employer as “family,” I was relieved to see this article.
As a corporate counsel, now retired, I always felt that my employer misrepresented the nature of its relationship with employees by urging them to share and bare their personal lives. The obvious differences between personal and employment relationships became lost, and personal problems became excuses for missing deadlines.
Clear boundaries between one’s personal and work lives exist for good reasons and should be honored.
Traci Goodwin
Bend, Ore.
To the Editor:
Well, on some level, sure — don’t bring your whole self to work.
But often when you share an office, and work in a collaborative business as I do as an advertising copywriter, you develop a closeness with your immediate colleagues: art directors, producers, editors — the people you see often and who are mostly a few feet away.
I’m retired now, but my closest friendships over my 44-year career have been with these people I worked intimately with daily. After 10 years of retirement, I am still close to a bunch of them.
Opening up to some people whom you trust and care for is cathartic. It can inspire creativity and lead to lifelong friendships.
Hy Abady
New York
To the Editor:
It’s not simply about being able to “bring your whole self to work.” It’s about how organizational culture has been built by an ideology and way of being called whiteness.
As a woman of color, specifically a Black Latina, I want my ways of being as a Latina to also have space in organizational culture. My cultural values of family and relationship-building and my devotion to service, for example, as well as my passion and intensity — I want to bring those qualities to the traditional white, cisgender, male-dominated workplace.
Once again, we are not looking at this concept of bringing your whole self to work from the lens of those who have been traditionally marginalized. I challenge us to hold space, in an act of true inclusion, for others who have been sidelined.
Laura Quiros
Montclair, N.J.
The writer is an associate professor of social work at Montclair State University.
To the Editor:
Pamela Paul’s column should be posted at the entrance to every organization.
It is hard enough to contend with diverse personalities, office politics and incompatible professional opinions — let alone an added avalanche of personal displays and disclosures that may not even be that welcome at home.
I’ve been advising clients, colleagues and students to temper any tendencies to unload or unravel their private lives in the workplace, and keep a good part of that “whole self” safely reserved.
I call it “edited authenticity”: yourself, but in judicious proportions. One hundred percent of anyone is … a lot.
Raleigh Mayer
New York
The writer is a professional development and leadership lecturer at Columbia University’s School of Engineering.
To the Editor:
In my career as a corporate culture strategist, I have found that what is needed is neither to bring your “whole self” to work, nor to bring only part of yourself, but rather to focus on a third alternative: your “future self.” The one you want to be.
Focusing on our goals, both personal and professional, automatically elevates us out of the drama and banality of our current petty grievances. People become not only interested in their own growth, but in helping the growth of everyone around them. A natural byproduct of this focus is a high functioning team with better results.
Robert Richman
Cardiff, Calif.
‘Iranian Women Are Launching a Revolution’
To the Editor:
Re “‘It’s Like a War Out There.’ Iran’s Women Haven’t Been This Angry in a Generation,” by Azadeh Moaveni (Opinion guest essay, Oct. 10):
Society has long regarded women’s rights as a toy. Women have fought for decades to have a say in their own prerogatives. While protesting the assault on their rights, Iranian women and girls are fighting the misogynistic regime.
As a student, and especially as a woman, I believe that this is a global movement. It is a change that must occur, a change that will ensure freedom and justice.
Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody should serve as a wake-up call to every country and every woman. Everyone should have the freedom to dress, behave and live their lives as they see fit, without fear of being silenced or killed. Iranian women are launching a revolution.
It is our responsibility to be the voice of the repressed. We must stand with the Iranian people. They are putting their lives in danger not only to wear whatever they choose, but also to protect their right to live.
Thaleia Kostakos
Athens
13 Ecologists Warn of Nuclear Radiation
To the Editor:
We ecologists based in 10 different nations consider the broad, devastating and long-lasting consequences of nuclear radiation as ultimately far more extensive and damaging than the immediate, local and tactical consequences of nuclear weapon use, or shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
Atmospheric, surface and underground freshwater dynamics, as well as ocean currents, can move particles containing radioactive substances far beyond a point of explosion. Radioactive contamination can last hundreds or even thousands of years.
Changes to ecosystem structure and function and species extinctions would affect the biosphere for an unknown time because radiation could trigger cascade effects in marine, atmospheric and terrestrial ecosystems of a magnitude beyond human capabilities to mitigate or adapt. Even a “tactical nuclear war” could alter Earth’s living boundaries, ending the Anthropocene era.
We call on scientific colleagues everywhere to warn of the global environmental effects of even limited nuclear warfare on all life-forms, including humankind.
Cristian Bonacic
Mary C. Pearl
The writers are ecologists at, respectively, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Stanford University. The letter was also signed by 11 other ecologists.
Allow Migrants to Work Legally
To the Editor:
Re “Adams Invokes an Emergency Over Migrants” (front page, Oct. 8):
You report that Mayor Eric Adams “urged the federal government to allow newly arrived asylum seekers to work legally.” I agree!
There is currently a crisis facing many nursing homes, rehab facilities and families that need to hire home care aides. There is a significant shortage of workers willing to do the work. As a result, the frail elderly are denied the care and attention they need.
Other industries are also finding it difficult to find workers; the food service industry, the construction industry and retail are examples.
The asylum seekers from Latin America have overcome obstacles to come to the United States. They are hardworking and experienced. They should be given an opportunity to be legally hired for work that is needed.
Paul Feiner
Greenburgh, N.Y.
The writer is the Greenburgh town supervisor.
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