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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8984389" data-attributes="member: 6801845">So what, exactly can they do?  We're talking people that did work as contractors or freelance work, right?  It's easy to say they "should do something", but what that something should be is tougher.  I'm not looking for a perfect solution, I simply don't know of anything that would substantively help.Only things I can think of:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Provide a PDF with advice.  I've seen plenty of these over the years from different companies, they generally aren't the (virtual) paper they're written on.  They frequently comes off as artificial advertisements of "look how awesome we are as a company" while offering no benefit.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Provide a link to mental health providers.  There are several issues with this.  First, while many companies provide this not all do.  When they do it's typically offered through whatever insurance plans they offer for their employees and is local to where the company has offices. But even if they do provide the links, the people aren't employees and aren't getting ongoing benefits. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Provide an option to buy into benefits.  Assuming HASBRO offers mental health insurance, they could offer it as part of the compensation package.  However, after the job is done, the company should no longer share the financial burden so I don't see how this helps.  If a freelancer does one time work for a company, the money for the services has to come from somewhere.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Offer links for assistance.  Assistance is going to vary state by state, perhaps even city by city.  How is WOTC supposed to support this? How is this a benefit when people could literally just search for it themselves? In some places there's free or low cost services but some are offered by religious organizations, some by non profits, some by the state.  WOTC is supposed to research all of that, vet it and keep it all up to date?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Release a strongly worded message.  This would just make the jerks chuckle and feel validated.  If it is something they control they can double down on moderation.  But if this behavior that is happening on any platform not controlled by WOTC there's little or nothing they can do that would actually help.  Everybody already knows or should know that threatening people because they write something they don't like is bad.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Help organize a voluntary self-help group.  This is theoretically possible, but without it being professionally run I don't see how much it would help.  Again, who pays for it, who's eligible, how long are they eligible for?  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Set up or contribute to a charitable organization that helps people suffering abuse.  This is probably something they could do, even thought I'm not sure what options there are or if there are organizations out there that already do this. Out of all the things listed this one is the only one I think could theoretically help but sadly this issue is far, far larger than WOTC's contractors and any reasonable contribution would be a drop in the bucket.  </li> </ol>So seriously.  Add something they could actually do with enough specificity that it could be implemented. I feel for the people that are being harassed.  I'm also a pragmatist and I don't think "do something" is useful, we already have enough safety performance theater masking as real solutions.NOTE: I have my own thoughts on universal health care coverage and how mental well being should be part of that, but it's not appropriate for this forum.</blockquote>

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