Corporate sorrows
They live quietly: in unread emails, muted meetings and the slow drift from meaning. They surface as burnout, misrecognition, performative belonging. Beneath metrics and mission statements lies a quieter grief — the loss of presence, purpose, connection. These aren’t just workplace woes; they’re emotional residues of disenchanted ritual. What we call professionalism may be the mask we wear to mourn what work no longer offers.
