Posted by TexasChic on July 22, 2008, at 9:45:02
In reply to Re: I sent my reply for the job at the University » TexasChic, posted by Kath on July 21, 2008, at 21:08:57
Thanks Kath and lurpsie. Your support means a lot to me.
Well I went to the pdoc, and the good news is I'm off until Monday under a doctor's care. The bad news is she didn't want to write anything about the ADD because she said they may just turn around and fire me. Apparently that happened to someone they were treating. The employer actually put it in writing that they were firing her because the ADD was interfering with her job. She said an extended leave may result in the same thing, which is why she gave me a little less than a week. That way it isn't considered a leave of absence or something like that.
The HR lady asked if I think it will be any different when I return on Monday, and I told her while I'm off I'm going to be trying out a new med (Extended Release Xanax) and the doc wants to see how it effects me, which is part of the reason for the time off. She seems very satisfied with that, as if she were thinking, okay, the boss won't be able to challenge that.
I just know my boss is going to be SO pissed. She's out of town today and tomorrow. The HR lady said I should call and leave her a voice mail explaining I'll be out all week, but the phone lines were down, so she volunteered to send an email for me. I told her my boss was going to be mad and probably call and yell at me, and she said to call her if that happens (although she seems rather unsympathetic about everything). The problem is, there will be a couple of projects that someone will have to finish up for me, so I'll have to be contacted to be able to explain it to someone.
I keep being afraid I'll get fired, but the HR lady said my boss could not fire me without it going through HR and a bunch of different processes. But since I got written up for manufactured reasons, I don't trust the system very much.
Well, I'm going to lay down, tomorrow I think I'll try that placement agency again. At least maybe I can get something temporary while I'm looking for something permanent. And a lot of those jobs are temp to perm, so if they like you they may keep you. But I think there is a whole lot of competition for those jobs and it can be difficult. Even when I talked to the lady about it she said they always tell people not to rely on only them for jobs. Anyway, I'm babbling now (no pun intended) so I'm going to go lay down. I'll talk to yall later.
-T
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