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My husband's boss is trying to make him quit
Wed, 03/07/2007 - 13:39Topic: Advocate for Epilepsy
After beating prostate cancer and switching meds & all that goes with that, my husband was able to return to his job of over 20 years. Now his boss is making his life at work so stressful that he nearly seized last nite and is jerky today. She is constantly undercutting his work, making up stupid lists w/priorties and then giving him other work to do so he can't get the lists done or even his actual job.
We think she is trying to force him to quit, but he can't - we are so deep in the hole from all the other stuff, and he's 50 years old, it's not like he can just bounce out there and pick up on any old job-he knows construction, was a tiler in his younger days, but thats work for a younger guy.
She has him so paranoid, he can't talk to anyone about how she treats him on the threat of dismissal. Does anyone know of anything we can do to stop her. I'm sure it's because of his epilepsy, he's started having seizures again after none for about 13 yrs, 2 at work.
They pay his health insurance and I think they want to get out of that as well. Any suggestions would really help, we are at our wits end, and every seizure (gran mal) he has takes more of him away from me, & I don't know how many more he can take, it's taking longer & longer for him to come back.
Comments
Re: Re: Re: Re: My husband's boss is trying to make him quit
Submitted by Seruzies on Thu, 2007-09-06 - 17:48
Hey Barb, Do you have a link to the disability on-line handbook? Or am I just not looking in the right spot?
Re: My husband's boss is trying to make him quit
Submitted by suebear on Sun, 2007-08-19 - 02:12
The last thing that you want to do is bring a lawyer into the issue until it's necessary. It is important however to document everything. Something that wants to be taken care of ASAP is discussing this with someone in Human Resources. When you schedule the meeting be sure to have two people present so information is documented and you are covered.
It sounds to me as though the manager is not doing her job correctly and singling him out from everyone out in the office which is not correct. I would start asking questions as to why this is being done. What you might want to do in this case is ask another manager to be a part of this meeting as well perhaps a director that is above her if that is possible.
FWIW, I am studying a masters communication class at the moment and one of the things we have been discussing a lot of lately is how crucial it is for managers keep communication open with all employees regardless of their situation. This is raising conflict within the office that should not be and the manager is causing it in my opinion because she is lacking in her own skills.
I hope you can solve this issue! Let us know how things go, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Sue
Re: Re: Re: My husband's boss is trying to make him quit
Submitted by barbaramcmullin on Tue, 2007-07-31 - 13:33
From Barbara in Houston: Trying to get SS Disability for epilepsy is one of the hardes to win...but I did it. Read the handbook on-line. But there is no space to tell "your story". You MUST include a letter or diary that tells of your daily life, this letter MUST conform to SS disability guidlines. As for generic Rx...I have had to increase dosage of generic Rx to equal the dosage one would receive in name brand. Please email me at bmcmullin@houston.rr.om for more tips on winning disability. (or see my blog BarbMc In Houston)