Waste Money Where It Matters: The HR Response Employees Need After a Crisis with Monica Tomchick

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE!When suicide loss touches a workplace, employees do not need leaders to have perfect words.They need leaders to show up.In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure, Jessi Beyer sits down with Monica Tomchick of UniBank to talk about suicide loss, grief, workplace response, HR preparedness, parenting through family mental health history, and why organizations need more than a gift card when something devastating happens.Monica shares personal and professional experiences with suicide loss, including the death of her children’s father and a workplace suicide at a healthcare facility where employees were left trying to process grief, guilt, shock, and unanswered questions. She also reflects on how different workplaces responded to bereavement, why grief is not linear, and how she has equipped her own children with language for depression and mental health before they need it.In this episode, Jessi and Monica discuss:How suicide loss creates complicated grief, guilt, and “why didn’t I see it?” questionsWhy organizations need a crisis response plan before workplace suicide happensWhat Monica wishes her workplace had done differently after an employee suicideWhy imperfect presence is often more powerful than polished corporate responseHow bereavement policies can fail employees when grief does not follow a timelineWhy families need to talk about depression and mental health before a crisisHow leaders can support employees by listening, showing up quickly, and bringing in the right helpThis episode is for HR professionals, managers, executives, people leaders, and anyone responsible for supporting employees after loss, trauma, suicide, or serious mental health crisis.Because grief does not care about your five-day leave policy.And people remember who showed up.CONNECT WITH MONICALinkedInWebsite