Work was a nightmare for me - a men's group would have helped

In breakout spaces, meeting pods and presentation suites around Britain, things are changing. More and more workplaces have – quietly, because they’re well aware of how it might look – started men’s groups. They’re places where guys can come and chat about whatever’s worrying them, whether in the office or outside of it, and get some support.

And on reading that, you might well have thought what these companies thought you might be thinking: there’s already a men’s group, you idiot – it’s called “the entirety of working life”.

But there’s a big difference between a men’s group and a boys’ club. “The key thing for us is that we’re not afraid to show vulnerabilities,” Jit Thaker, a Virgin Media O2 employee who helps run its men’s group, told Bloomberg . “And that gives other people the c