My two best friends and I all work in the same noisy office and we've all developed hearing issues and tinnitus but our employer isn't taking it seriously. We want to advocate together for better hearing protection and environmental changes but we're scared about being seen as troublemakers and we can't agree on how confrontational to be.
More people experience this than they realize.
Collective workplace health concerns require friends to navigate both their individual risk tolerance and their shared vulnerability to employer retaliation.
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