RANT/RAVE OF THE DAY

[staticgirl]

RANT: Got my work assessment through which said my performance was disappointing. No mention of the fact I suffer from long term depression and am therefore disabled. This is why despite the fine words of line managers and employers about making adjustments I don't trust them because their idea of making adjustment is to try and make me do the same amount of work as everyone else anyway - they seem to think one day working at home a week will do that.

I added an explanation at the end as I am entitled to. As horrible swear words are banned for good reasons just think of the worst insult you can and direct it at them.

I was happy last week, drawing on the computer. I wish I could do that full time. I only do this job for the money.

JJ - sorry to hear about your little cat - that is horrifying. Hope she feels better soon! *hugs JJ and Poppy*

[jumpin' jellybean]

*hugs* for static. That's horrid honey. I directed some choice insults at them.

RAVE: Poppy's fine. She's been quite clingy, but she often is when I've been away. But she's been trotting about trilling with her tail bolt upright, and right now she's lying in a patch of sun lazily licking her front paws. Hurrah

Thanks for all the niceness people, I passed it all on to her.

[breyah]

Aww honey, that really sucks. *Big Hugs* I really feal your pain, I've had that situation before with assesments, I've had to make huge fusses before if a mangers ignored my dissability and marked me down in an end of year assesments for things I can't change.

Is there anyone you can take this higher too? Can you say that you feel they are ignoring your dissability? (if you feel that you can make a bit of a fuss, do so! Depression is a disbility, and there's work place legislation to support you!)

Have you had an Access to work ' assesment done by the Job Centre? If not, you should get one done. They come in and look at your work and talk to you about your dissability (what ever it is) and write a support about what help you should get etc... This way if you feel a manger isn't fulfiling your needs, you have something in paper to support what you need.

[rocksolidhair]

*hugs to everyone (and every kitty cat)*

Rave: Finished my exams this morning Now I'm free to do exciting things.....

Rant: For all of about five minutes and then I have to confront the very scary and very long to do list.

Rave: I can multi task - to do list and plushie making

[staticgirl]

Rocky - yay! You survived!

RANT: ....and I've just discovered that I didn't get the internal Comms job I wanted - the ony ray of hope I had....

RAVE: ....however, no-one else did! I suspect they fouled up on the HR processes so they are going to be advertising it again so I shall be having another crack.

JJ- I love the sound of a cat trilling. I trill back usually. Senora Fluffypants* from next door is quite vocal and talks to me so I return the compliment.

*don't know her real name. One day I will get up enough nerve to talk to her owners.

RAVE: Have just been invited to a meeting at a posh location on a subject I actually enjoy - Industrial Relations.

Breyah - Haven't gone the jobcentre route but done the same thing through the occupartional health people at work. My employers do the legal minimum and talk a good talk. As I can't afford to go part-time or go down a grade I'm a bit stuck. I just hope the Setraline continues to help me recover.

[Robin The Ripper]

*HUGS* for static. That sounds really horrible. I'm mentally swearing at them as I type.

I'm glad Poppy's okay now, JJ

RANT: Dentists.

[Nemain]

*hugs everyone tightly*

[breyah]

Originally Posted by staticgirl

Breyah - Haven't gone the jobcentre route but done the same thing through the occupartional health people at work. My employers do the legal minimum and talk a good talk. As I can't afford to go part-time or go down a grade I'm a bit stuck. I just hope the Setraline continues to help me recover.

I hope it works out for you hon'. It's never an easy thing. I often feel that if I make a fuss about my disability then I'm somehow saying that I'm not as good at my job as everyone else, that I'm a weaker employee than them. I really hope you can find a way to be happy with your work, and I hope they can appreciate you for the good worker you are. *Big Hugs*

[fainiel]

RAVE: Phoning the Job Centre and yelling* at them worked! I have money!

RANT: Aerobics + hot weather = *dead*

*ok, not really.

[Loiterer]

RANT: Stupid higher-ups at work. Thanks to them and their "genius" plan of giving set holiday hours to the whole store instead of individual ones to each department, I can't go to the Offtopica meet at the end of the month!!!


That is all.