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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
I think my take on this is pretty similar to the general opinion. She was likely going to be let go in the near future, the the note indicating time off simply accelerated the process. It wouldn't make a lot of sense to let her take the 2 week leave and then fire her 1 week after that.
The whole other part of the conversation that goes into very muddy waters is the reason they were firing her. Likely it was around performance at work, and her mental health struggles probably greatly contributed to that. Did she get fired because she asked for 2 weeks off to cope with her mental health? Very likely no. Did she get fired because of mental health issues lowering her work performance? Quite possible (even likely?)
That is why Let's Talk is such an important day and shows we still have a ways to go. The situation could have played out in a much different way. They plan to fire her because her performance is poor. She brings in the doctor's note about her mental health struggles. Instead of firing her, they realize that her poor performance may be related to the mental health issues and decided to help her work through it. The disconnect right now is the connection wasn't there between her mental health issues and her poor performance.
*My whole theory is based on the fact they were going to fire her anyway based on poor performance - we don't actually know the reason
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The risk here is that if her performance continues to be poor after the 2 week adjustment they now are in a much more shakey legal position when they terminate her.