Empower Work
| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Jaime-Alexis Flower |
| Founded at | San Francisco, California |
| Purpose | Work place support |
| Location |
|
Region | United States |
| Website | https://www.empowerwork.org |
Empower Work is a nonprofit organization founded in 2017 by Jaime-Alexis Flower that provides a free text or web chat service in the United States, and it is focused on providing support to problematic workplace situations.
History[edit]
Empower Work started as a pilot program in 2017 and was officially launched in 2018,[1][2] it is headquartered in San Francisco. The organization's founder, Jaime-Alexis Flower believes that most people have faced a problematic situation at work and that underrepresented groups and those with less social capital gets impacted more by these situations.[3][4] She decided to start Empower Work to attempt to provide support to workers that may be facing these issues.[4][5] Empower Work's pilot group overwhelmingly choose texting over calling to reach the hotline, Jaime-Alexis Flower assumes that it is because there would be no risk of being overhead, thereby providing more privacy.[2] Empower Work claims to have sent 20,000 messages during 400 conversations in the first year of its official launch.[2] Empower Work was selected to be part of Fast Forward’s Tech Nonprofit Accelerator in July 2018,[6] and the Visible Connect Accelerator Program in September 2019.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ Moran, Gwen (2017-11-29). "Can These Apps Help You When Your HR Department Fails?". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 MacLellan, Lila. "A new crisis hotline lets you text a counselor when you're anxious at work". Quartz at Work. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ↑ Davis, Tyler R. "Volunteering can sharpen skills, help land job". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "HR has lost the trust of employees. Here is who has it now". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Gowland, Lelia. "Can Text Messaging Help You Resolve A Sticky Work Scenario?". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ↑ "Say Hello to Fast Forward's 2018 Accelerator Cohort". Fast Forward. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ↑ Visible (2019-08-12). "Visible Announces Second Cohort Selected for 2019 Visible Connect Accelerator Program". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
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