Why Your Coworkers Are Replacing Your Neighbors: The Great Outsourcing of Belonging (opens in new tab)

The nurse knows the names of her coworkers' children. She knows whose father has dementia. She knows who is getting divorced. She knows who is pretending not to get divorced. She knows who is caring for an aging mother. She knows who cries in the parking lot after difficult shifts. She knows who always says they're "fine" when they are very clearly not fine. Then one Friday morning an email arrives. Restructuring. Budget reductions. Organizational realignment. By Monday, three of those relati...