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Corporate culture has warped “wellness” beyond recognition


by Jordan Lillis
08th Feb 2024

From Wellness Wednesdays to getting the short shrift from her tech employer, Jordan Lillis wonders when corporate "wellness" became so pricey, and so pointless.

“I am not steak. You can’t just order me.”  It is not just the inclusion of Harrison Ford in his prime, the sheer size of Melanie Griffith’s hair, or the wilful one liners taken straight out of a starter manual for Independent Laydeez that make the 1988 movie Working Girl a modern masterpiece. At the time, the effervescent “working woman” dominated American pop culture and around 57% of American women were participating in the labour...

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