Disclosing mental health to employer

[The Darkness]

Just reactive depression. My last so-called episode was in 2015 when I had a slight breakdown due to a culmination of events including my divorce. Since then I've experienced what I would consider normal episodes of grief with the death of both my parents, retrenchment etc.

I've never been hospitalised or even bound to my bed because of this.

Why say anything then? Your condition sounds like what most people would experience. A divorce is enough to push anyone over the edge, and I don't see any need for you to 'disclose' anything. Just say nothing.

 

[RedViking]

He isn't wrong, you're judging someone on something you clearly don't understand. Even a normal mild mannered person can suddenly snap and rip your throat out. Being suddenly doesn't equal being violent.

Yap, be careful of @Cr4ig. He will stab you with his knife when HE least expects it.

 

[Craig_]

Is it illegal to fire someone for this?
If not I would probably fire you to for the sake of the other employees. Someone that tried to kill themselves is capable of literally anything. Who knows what happens if another employee rubs that person the wrong way what might go down.

How would you rate your reading comprehension, on a scale of 1-10?

How big a kont do you rate yourself?

 

[Brenden_E]

Dog? Fk you cnt.

It's a saying. Flying off the handle isn't exactly making a strong case for yourself.

 

[Iwojima]

Is it illegal to fire someone for this?
If not I would probably fire you to for the sake of the other employees. Someone that tried to kill themselves is capable of literally anything. Who knows what happens if another employee rubs that person the wrong way what might go down.

Now you're talking straight out of your backside.

 

[RedViking]

Just to accentuate your point...

I suffer from ADHD and eventually I had to tell my employer since the MD of our company asked me directly if everything is OK since I once sent a mail which was filled with profanities because someone accused me of something which I was neither responsible for, nor was it in my contract. I CC'd the entire top management and was fully willing to accept that I may get dismissed.

So I told him, patience is not my strong point; I laid everything bare.

Yes, I got a written warning, but I deserved it and took it on the chin - it since expired.

He then went to his office and sent a mail to the HR manager in which he expressly stated that he will pay for any form of psychological or psychiatric treatment. Yes, he's paying out of his own pocket since I only have a hospital plan so it's not covered. And these aren't exactly small amounts. It's R3k per one hour session.

The point I'm trying to make is, as you stated, some people are decent human beings, and sometimes, just sometimes, it helps being open to people who pay your salary.

Yeah my wife got very very sick while working for the company she is at now. They have been extraordinary supportive including reducing her workload and hours and going out of their way to accommodate her with her sickness. They even sent out an email to all the staff that she is not well and they will accommodate her.

 

[Aghori]

I have a lot of mentally ill people working for me - I use their "disadvantages" to our advantage.

For example, OCD guy get to do housekeeping and records, Lady with bipolar gets to do kitchen and secretarial, guy with narccistic disorder does purchasing and haggling for prices, girl with anxiety/depression gets an ordered daily routine etc etc.

 

[|tera|]

It's a saying. Flying off the handle isn't exactly making a strong case for yourself.

Couldn't give a sht. I'm not here to make a case you fknuckel.

 

[RedViking]

Is it illegal to fire someone for this?
If not I would probably fire you to for the sake of the other employees. Someone that tried to kill themselves is capable of literally anything. Who knows what happens if another employee rubs that person the wrong way what might go down.

So what, you survived an abortion.

/

 

[Brenden_E]

So what, you survived an abortion.

/

Stronk like ox!

 

[Craig_]

So what, you survived an abortion.

/

And was then born through the exhaust system going by his porkish arrogance....

 

[RedViking]

I have a lot of mentally ill people working for me - I use their "disadvantages" to our advantage.

For example, OCD guy get to do housekeeping and records, Lady with bipolar gets to do kitchen and secretarial, guy with narccistic disorder does purchasing and haggling for prices, girl with anxiety/depression gets an ordered daily routine etc etc.

*narcissistic

 

[RedViking]

Stronk like ox!

Did you mean to say stront?

 

[Aghori]

*narcissistic

Yeah he is. Bad too...guy swears at the shareholders and called me a "cold unforgiving ****" when I told him to fkoff home to his wife and kids when I saw him after 6pm at the office.

 

[RedViking]

Why say anything then? Your condition sounds like what most people would experience. A divorce is enough to push anyone over the edge, and I don't see any need for you to 'disclose' anything. Just say nothing.

I think it depends if you are chronic or not.

 

[maxxis]

Why say anything then? Your condition sounds like what most people would experience. A divorce is enough to push anyone over the edge, and I don't see any need for you to 'disclose' anything. Just say nothing.

If I don't disclose it on the application forms it will be picked up when the provider checks against my medical records, pmb, chronic medication and claims history for doctors visits etc.

 

[RedViking]

If you female and have a disability, I think you actually qualify for EE. Not joking.

 

[Brenden_E]

If you female and have a disability, I think you actually qualify for EE. Not joking.

So if you are male and have a disability, no?
I thought all females have disabilities - they weren't born male.*

*feathers will be ruffled

 

[Brenden_E]

Couldn't give a sht. I'm not here to make a case you fknuckel.

Well, you did anyway. You come across as an absolute pleasure - now who would want to fire you?

 

[|tera|]

Well, you did anyway. You come across as an absolute pleasure - now who would want to fire you?

You lack empathy and basic humanity. Yet you want to lecture me?
You are a psychopath, even if you don't acknowledge it.