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Originally Posted by Jason14h
But once you go on short term medical leave - especially supported / recommended by the company - there is basically no way they can dismiss you with cause unless you commit fraud (even not showing up would be hard as you can easily claim that the same reoccurring issues are happening )
Why not just take the short term leave ? When you come back either they will suggest Parting ways (with severance) or your job will be waiting
What is it you want to get out of this in your ideal situation in your perfect world
I think you might be overthinking this a bit . Obviously they want to ensure they are doing things by the book - but now that you have the opportunity to take some time away and regroup on short term medical isn’t that the best thing moving forward short term ?
If you were a good employee before they may genuinely hope you come back refreshed / reenergized / whatever and start contributing again
And if not you will most likely come back to a severance package to end the relationship
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A few points:
- they're tailoring the narrative to not be honest but also they said on my performance appraisal I'm not fit for the role. With my previous boss, that wasn't the case
- medical leave I've heard for mental illness is difficult. If you tell the case manager assigned that it's a work situation, it's likely to get denied (I've been told). I have no interest to lie to them.
- with cause is almost impossible because they have to document and provide too high amount of evidence, correct
- because I've always performed well and long tenured, I've been told that it'll likely be a long PIP process. Everything I've read about PIP is it can be mentally hell and a way to gather evidence to push you down
- all in all, they don't care if I come back as a good employee as the second the new boss came in she had it in for me. They're trying to cover their butt and say they did all the right things. Problem is I don't even know if I'll get approved for short term given I don't want to take drugs, and I'm only doing psychotherapy, plus the aforementioned workplace issue driving this more than anything