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Rejected reasonable adjustments - struggling

illustrated.lady

Hello,

I'm newly diagnosed with autism, I'm in my thirties and I was diagnosed in April. Work has been a struggle for me for a long time and my attendance is poor, largely due to anxiety and stress.

I requested reasonable adjustments - one was to work from home and was to remove one of my additional responsibilities. My request to work from home one day a week was denied as my role apparently cannot be done from home (people in similar roles work a day from home) and my additional responsibility was removed but with a reduction of hours in my contract. 

I sought advice from my union and they advised to reject my work's proposed 'adjustments' and have a meeting with them with the union rep present but honestly the fire in my belly has just been extinguished so I begrudgingly accepted the 'adjustments' whilst making clear that they don't support me.

I feel hurt that my request was rejected so outright with no justification. There is more than enough work to be done in my primary role but instead of helping me, they took hours from me. I'm in this cycle now where I manage a few days in, then I'm off sick, my attendance is awful. I haven't had any follow up with my management and I've just been left to it. 

I have requested a referral to occupational health in the hope they can suggest some adjustments. I am looking at and applying to other jobs because at this point I honestly just need to get out but I need try and make this work in the meantime! 

Any advice/support would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Sorry to hear it was so negative a response for you.

    illustrated.lady said:
    I requested reasonable adjustments - one was to work from home and was to remove one of my additional responsibilities. My request to work from home one day a week was denied as my role apparently cannot be done from home

    I know most companies want the return to office becuase of their ability to oversee staff. Many are also using it to encourage some staff to leave so they can downsize without having to pay severance payments.

    I can understand them reducing your hours/pay as you have less responsibility however. If this does give you less stress then it is a fair trade off.

    It sounds like you are not being treated with consideration so I would return the favour and do the bare minimum for the role - not work outside of core hours, not be reachable if not in work, not take on any additional work or help others out and carve out as much space for yourself in the role as you can.

    Work to live only - don't worry about getting a high performance review rating (after all the company has not performed for you) and reiterate to the people who made the decisions that you are very dissapointed in them for their lack of compassion to a disabled person.

    All the while I would ne looking for another job and building my skills in my own time, as well as working on myself (with a therapist) to find ways to be able to tolerate the working environment and reduce my overall stress).

    Thats just my thoughts - I hope you find a company who look after you better next.

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  • Sorry to hear it was so negative a response for you.

    illustrated.lady said:
    I requested reasonable adjustments - one was to work from home and was to remove one of my additional responsibilities. My request to work from home one day a week was denied as my role apparently cannot be done from home

    I know most companies want the return to office becuase of their ability to oversee staff. Many are also using it to encourage some staff to leave so they can downsize without having to pay severance payments.

    I can understand them reducing your hours/pay as you have less responsibility however. If this does give you less stress then it is a fair trade off.

    It sounds like you are not being treated with consideration so I would return the favour and do the bare minimum for the role - not work outside of core hours, not be reachable if not in work, not take on any additional work or help others out and carve out as much space for yourself in the role as you can.

    Work to live only - don't worry about getting a high performance review rating (after all the company has not performed for you) and reiterate to the people who made the decisions that you are very dissapointed in them for their lack of compassion to a disabled person.

    All the while I would ne looking for another job and building my skills in my own time, as well as working on myself (with a therapist) to find ways to be able to tolerate the working environment and reduce my overall stress).

    Thats just my thoughts - I hope you find a company who look after you better next.

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