Hi,
So i made a post aboit a month ago on this job. In short though, I reached the end of my probation period and they terminated my employment because of my autism, the meeting and letter blatantly says "due to your autism it can not be confirmed you can meet tgis target consistently", "while you have made progress due to your autism it cannot be confirmed that you will continue to make progress." " Despite the feedback support and adjustments you have failed to meet the essential criteria of the job. ".
New performance concerns are raised on letter which wasn't even mentioned in the meeting.
However:
- I started job december/jan. Probation extended in August till november as a manager discretion what all employees entitled to.
- Adjustments put in place in may, since then its not always been consistent. Occ health was requested in October, report received in end november (not done a shift since them receiving report.
- No performance concerns were raised with me, in September supervision I was praised and he said theres no reason not to pass. No supervision since but all other informal conversations have been positive. I had made significant progress since August.and continued on, i felt happier and enjoyed the work this was praised, recognised multiple times. .
- Due to a upsetting incident at work, I had an absence, service manager phoned me in beg November to say i cannot pass probation because I hadn't completed an external referral (completing this cannot be guaranteed due to unpredictable nature of work, my manager said as long as I understand process its fine. They were goung to ask if I can have longer probation. HR said depending on occupational health report. They received this hr said no.
- Invited to firms meeting this week where I was informed of termination for above given reasons.
In the meeting i raised the inconsistent in adjustments she said the adjustments are no longer reasonable or practical for the service- no discussion was had with me prior stating this. In conversation id had expressing me feeling bad for needing these adjustments, ive always been reassured that if o need it to help its absolutely fine and shouldn't feel bad, that they are therr to supprt me.
Where do I stand?- I feel theyve discriminated against my autism. Ivd made lots of progress and thvr just used autism as an excuse to say theres no guarantee ill continue making progress. They've also used me struggling to communicate against me- ive really started building a rapport with my manager and communicating to him even uf it is via email ad well as face to face. I wanted to stay!
