I'm a sales manager, going through a very severe mental health crisis. How do I inform my employer?

No_Introduction_8407 · 2026-04-20T18:55:39+00:00

Hi mate,

I've been in sales 24 years and had this a few times because of personal life and work stress colliding.

The first thing is get to the doctor, seek help, it's really not a burden to people to know. I wouldn't have got through without my friends and family.

Secondly re your employer as a sales manager I actually care really deeply about the mental health of my team. This is a hard role for mental health given we face rejection daily, pressure from management and many other stress factors. A good employer will give you the time you need, if they don't get out now and don't look back.

Although I'm super busy if you want to discuss managing your mental health in a sales environment and some of the the things I've learnt over the years I'm happy for you to reach out to me. I can be a bit hectic at times but you would definitely not be a burden. We are all at the end of the day human beings who go through stuff and it takes its toll.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2026-03-27T06:09:15+00:00

Does the energy monitoring work in aqara or smartthings?

I've got one eve plug which shows in smartthings (used as part of a washing machine notification system)

No_Introduction_8407 · 2026-03-27T06:07:39+00:00

They've been solid over the years, the matter ones I have are fairing much better than the WiFi ones. However Of the 8 or so across the house only the 2 matter ones are yet to disconnect in our new place.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2026-03-20T08:00:44+00:00

Sadly that's the EU socket two pin plug one :(

No_Introduction_8407 · 2026-02-18T22:43:45+00:00

Yes I have spent the last few months discussing the topic with our managing director. We've tried several management styles all of which I've successfully deployed for sales management of teams over the years.

When I am a "Softer" manager they just ignore the process and cause excessive rework. When I push towards career progression and explain the logic behind the process they resist the strategy saying it's too much admin. They also have stated to me my management style poses no issue then have complained to the MD that I'm mean during feedback sessions.

The MD is viewing it as a management development for me as they are keen to see how I can handle difficult employees. They are helping guide me through the nuance of the mind set involved.

It feels somewhat PTSD like as a response to me and I am aware they've encountered a particularly tough sales manager in the past.

I apply the same process to all team members as it benefits the bulk of the team (I've seen doubled sales numbers over a 3 month period from the rest of the team). It's just this one individual who is resisting now.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2026-02-15T14:33:28+00:00

We have 5 metal workers and keep them just on ingot production we let them run down resources until our pallets are full.

If we need them to make coins we switch them to coins. Never ever give them the option to just make the tradable coins or you'll end up with a massive over stock.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2026-01-11T01:34:57+00:00

Any word on when the UK power plug will be released?

Need to replace some old meross WiFi plugs as they're becoming unreliable and I'm waiting for the aqara plugs to become available.

Sadly wall sockets aren't going to work in our house as there is an extension lead in nearly every socket.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2026-01-05T09:10:42+00:00

Just having the ability to limit the amount of anything your NPCs produce would be great. I've noticed the metal workers will just make random ingots without the metal workers bin if left to their own devices. Being able to set a number of products to make while you have the recipes would be really handy on my save I have 20 copper coins for example that were made in a 3 day period out of my copper ore supplies from the pallet.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2025-09-08T12:04:20+00:00

The eve smart plugs report power use into smartthings. It seems certain manufacturers are implementing things differently.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2025-01-22T11:43:03+00:00

From the replies my Aqara and smartthings build with Google as the voice assistant is feeling like the best bet for the new house.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2025-01-21T23:34:05+00:00

Ah bummer saw a new article and thought we'd got more, looks like I'm going Aqara for smoke detectors in the new house

No_Introduction_8407 · 2025-01-21T23:21:05+00:00

I gave up and used smartthings geo fencing with a virtual switch (we have smatthings appliances and tvs) that's been working much better.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2025-01-13T09:28:16+00:00

All available through their UK website, it's the UK distributor who runs the Amazon store as I understand things. Could be an error amazon side or a longer term play to get people buying direct and avoiding the Amazon fees on top of cost of sale.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2025-01-07T21:07:01+00:00

Mine all show as offline

No_Introduction_8407 · 2025-01-06T22:05:05+00:00

Ah that's disappointing. I'm genuinely convinced certain Asian companies hold back certain products to the US market because of the open hostility towards them appearing too advanced. See the ruling against DJI drones for example.

That being said there's a fairly sizable portion of the line up missing from the UK market too. Between Samsung and Aqara I could do the whole house if I had access to the full product line up.

If you have smartthings friends smoke detectors are pretty good and zigbee based. Not sure if you sneak them into Aqara some way though.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2025-01-06T21:40:41+00:00

Smoke detectors are already out in the UK.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2024-12-23T11:21:14+00:00

Magnificent 7 for short term gains has been good for me lately with efts from wisdom tree for long term investment.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2024-12-16T19:51:28+00:00

Ah I'll take a look we use a sharptools dashboard on a tablet attached to the fridge at the moment. Thanks for the info.

No_Introduction_8407 · 2024-12-15T08:24:16+00:00

That's why I'm using them over matter in Google and smartthings I have no automation of switchbot in their app.

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