(continued from last post)
Needless to say, I felt pretty dejected about the whole situation. I didn't appreciate feeling like I was being interrogated, and I knew that my rights had been violated then and there. But worse was to come...
The next day, I was called by my supervisor to say that our other boss wanted to see me. This time I insisted on a support person being present, which actually irritated my supervisor to no end. Thankfully one of my colleagues who knew of my situation was there for me. I walked into the boardroom and was told unceremoniously that due to a downturn in clients and referrals, I had three choices- redundancy, an extra week's unpaid leave at Christmas, or reducing my hours. I had a week to think about it. When I spoke to the boss on the Friday to give him my decision, I told him in no uncertain terms that I thought that dropping this bombshell before Christmas wasn't right, and also that being asked about my mental health history on the Monday was wrong. To which he replied; "if we'd known about your history, we wouldn't have hired you." NICE.
So now I am in the situation where I work four days a week with a three day weekend. Nice for some, but I am gutted. I feel angry about what has happened- it's patently obvious that my bosses have used my mental illness as a way to save money. Needless to say, my depression has actually worsened. BUT I am prepared to make the best of a bad situation. There are silver linings there, I just don't know what they are right now.
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