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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1999643" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome,</p><p></p><p>Everyone has jobs that don’t suit them - for any number of reasons.</p><p>And the same people can, and do, find jobs that DO suit them elsewhere.</p><p>Hopefully your next one will fit you better, so please do not start thinking that you are a failure because this one doesn’t fit you.</p><p></p><p>I’m afraid I can’t offer much in terms of your legal rights, or employment law, but I can make a couple of suggestions:</p><p></p><p>Get yourself round to the nearest Citizens Advice Bureau and ask them. They are great at giving out such info, and finding it out if they don’t know it.</p><p></p><p>And ring your doctor’s surgery back tomorrow and explain the situation to them. If they cannot arrange an appointment sooner than the 20th, then ask for a phone appointment. If they won’t do that, then ask what they DO suggest. Will they backdate the sicknote? Should you go to A&E the next time your bgs go high? Keep asking til they give you an answer. Stay polite. Be quietly persistent. And if you cry, then don’t hide it. Your emotional state is relevant to the situation.</p><p></p><p>They may well shunt you into an appointment with a nurse. Accept it.</p><p>Then when you go to that, the nurse may be able to fast track you to see the doc.</p><p></p><p>Actually, you blood glucose being high should be enough to get an appointment before the 20th. So mention that too.</p><p>You need advice on bgs and medication, stress levels, and so on.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>In my 35 year working life i have had 2 jobs that i endured with a kind of horrified fatalism. Both were when I was new to the workplace, didn’t have experience or confidence, and both made me thoroughly miserable. The weight that settled over me on Sunday evenings is a strong memory. Months after leaving the jobs, I would wake up in a cold sweat, after a nightmare of having to go back.</p><p></p><p>Nowadays, with the gift of hindsight and experience, I know that as soon as those jobs started causing me that level of distress, I should have left. Just got my coat and left. I certainly wouldn’t put up with those working conditions again. Nor would I stand by while managers allow those situations (effectively causing them) ever again.</p><p></p><p>One thing I will say is that you need to be making the decisions here.</p><p>You are not helpless, and you are not a victim. Unless you make decisions that make you helpless and a victim.</p><p>I think if you want to move on to your next job with confidence and a sense of moving forward, rather than running away, then you need to think, decide and act, rather than being acted upon, or not acting and letting things unravel.</p><p></p><p>In my (usual) somewhat ******minded way, I think I might ring the school tomorrow and ask for reassurance that the agreed changes be confirmed and re-implemented. And explain that I can only come into work with these assurances. Then, should these measures fall down (again), I would quietly make my exit in a professional manner.</p><p></p><p>But that is me. I have always found that having a plan of action is tremendously empowering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1999643, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome, Everyone has jobs that don’t suit them - for any number of reasons. And the same people can, and do, find jobs that DO suit them elsewhere. Hopefully your next one will fit you better, so please do not start thinking that you are a failure because this one doesn’t fit you. I’m afraid I can’t offer much in terms of your legal rights, or employment law, but I can make a couple of suggestions: Get yourself round to the nearest Citizens Advice Bureau and ask them. They are great at giving out such info, and finding it out if they don’t know it. And ring your doctor’s surgery back tomorrow and explain the situation to them. If they cannot arrange an appointment sooner than the 20th, then ask for a phone appointment. If they won’t do that, then ask what they DO suggest. Will they backdate the sicknote? Should you go to A&E the next time your bgs go high? Keep asking til they give you an answer. Stay polite. Be quietly persistent. And if you cry, then don’t hide it. Your emotional state is relevant to the situation. They may well shunt you into an appointment with a nurse. Accept it. Then when you go to that, the nurse may be able to fast track you to see the doc. Actually, you blood glucose being high should be enough to get an appointment before the 20th. So mention that too. You need advice on bgs and medication, stress levels, and so on. Good luck. In my 35 year working life i have had 2 jobs that i endured with a kind of horrified fatalism. Both were when I was new to the workplace, didn’t have experience or confidence, and both made me thoroughly miserable. The weight that settled over me on Sunday evenings is a strong memory. Months after leaving the jobs, I would wake up in a cold sweat, after a nightmare of having to go back. Nowadays, with the gift of hindsight and experience, I know that as soon as those jobs started causing me that level of distress, I should have left. Just got my coat and left. I certainly wouldn’t put up with those working conditions again. Nor would I stand by while managers allow those situations (effectively causing them) ever again. One thing I will say is that you need to be making the decisions here. You are not helpless, and you are not a victim. Unless you make decisions that make you helpless and a victim. I think if you want to move on to your next job with confidence and a sense of moving forward, rather than running away, then you need to think, decide and act, rather than being acted upon, or not acting and letting things unravel. In my (usual) somewhat ******minded way, I think I might ring the school tomorrow and ask for reassurance that the agreed changes be confirmed and re-implemented. And explain that I can only come into work with these assurances. Then, should these measures fall down (again), I would quietly make my exit in a professional manner. But that is me. I have always found that having a plan of action is tremendously empowering. [/QUOTE]
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