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How grief is reshaping the workplace

Grief is costing your company. Here is how Dossta is fixing it.

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Shawn Lim
Mar 27, 2025
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Grief is an inevitable part of life, but it remains largely invisible in the workplace, pushed aside in the name of productivity.

For Amelie Marivain, founder of Dossta, this silence is a problem waiting to be solved, not just a cultural blind spot.

“Imagine losing someone you love and being expected to be back to work in five days, as if nothing happened,” the former advertising executive tells Human Algorithm.

“It doesn’t make sense. Not for the griever. Not for their manager. Not for the company either.”

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