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How a Consulting Firm Made Mental Health Days a Career Equalizer
In this episode of The Diversity Career Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how one major consulting firm turned mental health days into a retention and promotion tool for underrepresented employees. They unpack the firm's data showing that employees who used mental health days were 35% more likely to stay after two years, and how the policy helped close the promotion gap for Black and female consultants by 12 percentage points. The hosts discuss the specific design of the policy — no doctor's note required, manager training to prevent stigma, and integration into…
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