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Investing in Our Employee’s Mental Health Is a Core Practice at Game Lounge

Mental Health Day isn’t just a day we celebrate at Game Lounge. Read how the company invests in their employees’ mental well-being all year round.

Mental Health isn’t just one day of acknowledgment. Just like work-life balance isn’t just a now-popular catchphrase. These are strong realities that should be highlighted and weighty measures should be taken to ensure they are being properly addressed, not just personally, but also as a way forward within the modern workforce. 

“Mental Health is a universal human right”. This is this year’s theme for World Mental Health Day. Game Lounge has been incorporating Mental Health as a core ethos of how it operates for years now, as the company continues to invest in expanding this across how it operates and what it offers to employees. 

How does Game Lounge do this? First of all, there is a flexible and hybrid working model, which gives employees the choice of working remotely or in equipped offices. This gives employees the flexibility they need, as well as choosing their preferred environment to work, whilst giving them space to socialise and integrate through the company’s vibrant office and numerous yearly events. Secondly, a more task-oriented approach is integrated. This means Game Lounge doesn’t micromanage its employees with strict operational methods and time frames, but employees are encouraged to take more control of how they work, whilst still being accountable for their assignment tasks. 

In 2022, the company introduced Mental Health Days, where employees can make use of these days throughout the year to take a step back and prioritise their mental well-being. 

This year, the company partnered with Siffi to offer Mental Health support to their esteemed Game Loungers, understanding how each and every single individual has their own personal stories, struggles, and challenges. The platform gives access to personal therapy sessions and numerous tools such as meditation tools and life coaching.

It has also now become a standard practice for Game Lounge to organise an annual event-packed Wellness Week, this year with the name ‘Be Yourself’. Held in the first week of October, this year’s highlight was the talented Chucky Bartolo. Chucky is a writer, comedian, and narrator of the popular TV series ‘Love Island Malta’. He’s also Tolqueen – the vibrant drag persona that gives them the space to explore another part of themselves. Chucky gave Game Lounge employees a hearty speech about the importance of being real and accepting of all the different parts that make us who we are – even the most aspects that we may deem shameful and nerve-racking.

We are Humans, not heroes. Finally, the company would like to highlight the importance of acknowledging and seeking help when things are rough and tough – towards better mental well-being.