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Redundancy, diagnosis of Aspergers come to light

NAS64981

Hi,

I'm new to this forum.  I have formally been made redundant from a large organisation following a pool redundancy process of 3 people in my department.  I didn't put myself forward and have been made redundant as my previous performance scores were lower than the others in the pool.

It has recently come to light in relationship counselling (during the process of appealing my redundancy and working my notice period) and having taken online tests that I have an 86% chance of aspergers.  I informed my employer the following day and they delayed the outcome of my appeal.  I have since been referred to Occupational Health who have said I have been discriminated against because of my disability.  I am now awaiting a referral to an Autism specialist company to assess "whether my employer could have done more to help me".  This all sounds positive but I am fully aware that I could still be made redundant.  I am extremely concerned and anxious about my future and whether I will gain employment again.  I have now been put on garden leave (I asked my manager this last week and she asked if that was what I wanted, this confused me.  All of my duties have been taken away from me in the last 2 months of my notice period so I have had literally nothing to do). She asked me to put in an email all of my duties and then I have since virtually been ignored. I have applied for over 70 jobs, had one interview and didn't get it.  I am a father of a young child and so increasingly concerned that my future hangs in the balance.

My line manager has been targeting me for over 2 years due to my in her words "negative behaviours" and my performance has decreased under the management of her.  I have paid for loads of counselling to help me deal with my line manager and have suffered with stress and depression at work.  My Line Manager has been extremely poor at managing me, she communicates terribly, there is no clarity in any of her conversations with me, be it on the phone or on email (she manages me from another office) and I only see her perhaps twice a year. When the team was informed that redundancies were taking place, a new organisation chart was distributed to the team with my role removed.  It was obvious to everyone in the team that it was me that would be redundant.  My line manager has managed me for 3 years of my 6.5 years of employment, the first year she managed me, I had a great performance score, then things quickly changed and the last 2 years she has underperformed me in my reviews stating generally that I am not seen in her eyes as a leader in the team and a negative person.    

I have had hearing problems for some years now and have now paid for hearing aids which has helped.  I was struggling in the office at noise levels but when I mentioned this to my line manager I was seen as negative and then complaints were raised to her about my noise levels (I was loud due to my hearing problems). 360 degree feedback and my colleagues shows that I am a great manager so it's been really difficult to deal with.  I have many stories of her lack of clarity and not checking on my health or making any reasonable adjustments or changing her management style, it has all been down to me to change and I really struggled.  I believe this is constructive dismissal and disability discrimination and the organisation is now taking steps but I need to be one step ahead as I'm sure they will fight this.

I have reached out to a solicitor but any advice on here would be very much appreciated!

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  • I sort of know how you feel. I too was being targeted for being "Negative but i have been with a big multinational Aerospace company for over 30 years as an Engineer. Luckily for me Engineers (especially experienced) are as rare as hens teeth, nether the less I sought a diagnosis (my eldest son has Aspergers) and also sought Union advice because my M+2 manager was trying to kick me out of the group (for being openly critical of our Management). However, I got my diagnosis (i had to go private) and with the help of Union Rep, I'm now being left alone, mainly because  the Union Rep read the riot act to HR wrt the Equality Act 2010 (including disabilities like Autism). Ironically, the talk of voluntary redundancy was talked about and as I will be getting a very large inheritance next year, i was tempted. But was advised by the Union not to accept redundancy but to go part time instead. This is what I intend to do next year. 

  • in reply to JohnS

    I have had the same as both of you yet have the complete opposite experience with my employer/union. I am in the process of leaving after 18+ years and cannot say anything else about this.

  • in reply to Eccentric1

    I did have the option of a package, but then I thought why the hell should I - hence the part time working. If I end up being booted out in a year or so then so be it :) I'm ready to take a rest from the rat run anyway !

  • in reply to JohnS

    I have been told that effectively, due to my lifelong condition, that I cannot be guaranteed a stress/anxiety free position, if one exists (because I take things literally).

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