Have any women had to have their employer accommodate to their illness?
I returned to work a couple of weeks ago and just last week was pulled to the side by a team leader called Chris.
At first I thought oh shit I'm in trouble, but he started with "Have the agency treated you right whilst you've been going through this?" I was shocked that he seemed to care and could feel my eyes welling up at the thought of someone actually taking interest and trying to help. I explained that no, even though I had a doctors note mentioning my illness and how I have to sit to work now, they were awful and simply wrote on my return to work form that I just had stomach pain.
The team leader apparently has a friend that suffers badly with Endometriosis, and he was completely sympathetic! He said they'd accommodate when they could, sitting down is no problem, over riding the rota when a day is fully booked with holidays, switching my days off around to help. He even went to my agency and explained they had no right to serve me a written warning about absences'.
Tomorrow I have a meeting with the agency boss to explain the illness fully, and believe me it will be in graphic terms, and I will be armed with information sheets and photos for them to keep on file. I will also be speaking about reducing my hours to part time (3 days a week instead of 5.) My team leader is fine with me being part time he said, as long as I can manage financially, which I will be able to.
Its nice to find someone who sort of understands the impact this awful thing has on your physical and mental state.
Wish me luck tomorrow xxx
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