Comments | megchampagne: Employer threatens to fire me based on disability

megchampagne

Employer threatens to fire me based on disability

Jun 11, 2007 21:13

(Names have been changed to protect the innocent... And the not-so-innocent. Sorry I can't get the LJ cut thing to work!)

On the morning of Monday, June 11, 2007, "Kay", my client/on-site supervisor, asked me about a project I was to complete on Thursday the 7th. This project, programming a video streaming box, involves bending down to the floor to ( Read more... )

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danadanger June 12 2007, 02:53:53 UTC

you should send this letter to hr, or to whomever is in charge of the ada regulations for your site. you deserve better than this, meg!

megchampagne June 12 2007, 02:57:37 UTC

I know... It is totally, totally shitty.

malice_a June 12 2007, 03:22:13 UTC

"rob" is a dick. my recommendation is, as usual, a beat down. see how he likes doing his job in pain.

supergrrlie June 12 2007, 03:22:45 UTC

You deserve MUCH better than this. You work your ass off, and for this?

Not cool.

Send this to somone because it's well written! *huggles*

shesthesilver June 12 2007, 05:04:20 UTC

Aw shit. I'm sorry...this is why I pretty much never tell employers about my fms. I'm so scared of this kind of thing...

megchampagne June 12 2007, 13:48:10 UTC

I didn't tell anyone until I had to take a month of medical leave. Now they use it against me. Sad, huh?

shesthesilver June 12 2007, 16:11:32 UTC

it is sad...it blows.

If you want my 2 cents... etiennarq June 13 2007, 21:46:33 UTC

you need to go to his supervisor. Tell him/her about what happened and I'm sure he will be the one with the written note attached to his HR file. Fuck that. As a person with a disability quite similar to yours (Lupus and RA), I completely understand your situation. I've been there myself, what with not wanting to take off of work no matter how sick I was, even through my pregnancy. And having RA through a pregnancy is hell, let me tell you! You shouldn't stand for treatment like this, Meg. Its unfair and illegal. In a way, you have a responsibility to do something about this, or he'll continue to mistreat you and whoever else is in a situation like yours.