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Leaving my job

illustrated.lady

Hello! 

I was diagnosed as autistic 6 months ago, I'm in my thirties. I had been going through a lot of stress and anxiety, particularly related to work so I outed myself and requested reasonable adjustments which were rejected.

Long story cut short, after a lot of absences, meetings and the like, I have concluded that I am just done. I am off sick currently but have decided to hand in my four weeks notice when I return.

I'm very fortunate, my partner earns well and is very supportive but I will of course be looking to get a new job asap. 

Has anyone ever done similar? Any advice or words of wisdom would be much appreciated! 

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  • Definity leave if you can. It will be better for you in the long run. I stuck at a job where I considered I was being bullied for far to long before leaving. I've been diagnosed since and my struggles make so much more sense now. I did raise mental health issues with my employer without really knowing what was underlying that (autism and not recognising maniplation and bullying because of that) but nothing was done. 

    It's not an easy thing to do from a stress point of view but if you can gather evidence of your requests for reasonable adjustments and their dismissal it might be worth contacting an employment lawyer before returning to work or giving notice. If you have grounds for unfair dismissal its best to resign without notice, never go back and then start the employment tribunal process

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  • Definity leave if you can. It will be better for you in the long run. I stuck at a job where I considered I was being bullied for far to long before leaving. I've been diagnosed since and my struggles make so much more sense now. I did raise mental health issues with my employer without really knowing what was underlying that (autism and not recognising maniplation and bullying because of that) but nothing was done. 

    It's not an easy thing to do from a stress point of view but if you can gather evidence of your requests for reasonable adjustments and their dismissal it might be worth contacting an employment lawyer before returning to work or giving notice. If you have grounds for unfair dismissal its best to resign without notice, never go back and then start the employment tribunal process

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