'Well-washing' conveniently shifts the burden of wellbeing from the employer causing stress to the employee © iStock

'Well-washing' conveniently shifts the burden of wellbeing from the employer causing stress to the employee © iStock

Mantras and meditation do not remove the stress of long hours and lay-offs.

As far as I know, the Financial Times has never been run by a transcendental meditation devotee. Nor does it seem to have any managers who think the best way to fix an office squabble is to get everyone to sit down in a circle to hash it out.