ULPT request: getting fired for performance soon, could I apply any brakes?

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AvoirReves@reddit

When this happened at a large company I used to work for many times people would get their Doctor to write them up for medical leave due to stress and mental health issues. It usually worked like a charm because the person would leave, come back. then repeat the process as soon as they were eligible. One person did it so many times they quit writing her up, and when she applied to transfer to another state her current boss gave her a glowing recommendation and she got the transfer. She would up being put in PIP again a couple of years later and off on leave she went. She had a lovely house with a pool and spent her days chilling by the pool. I think the company eventually got to the point they were afraid if they fired her something bad would happen to her.

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SpecialEmployee5882@reddit

Im a supervisor and this is what my employee did.

I caught him sleeping on the job, he went out of his way to hide. Had a blanket, pillow, eye mask and everything.

I also caught him working on his own company on my time dude hade a small business

He had a history of issues, awful employee. The day I caught him sleeping he to his doc and applied for a loa and short term disability. Got a few months paid off. But the day he returned I fired him, he claimed retaliation for his loa but the his documented history made that an easy argument.

I like having loa and disability benefits but fuck people like that who take advantage and potentially ruin for all the people who really need it.

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metalflygon08@reddit

I have a coworker similar to that, where they are such a squeaky wheel and rule shark that everyone is hesitant to retaliate on the chance he pulls out some dumb obscure ruling that allows him to sue.

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shs713@reddit

You do realize which sub you're in, right?

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bucknuts89@reddit

Shit, I'm about to apply for a LOA soon just because I read this

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UserNameChecksOut86@reddit

Have your tried not being a piece of shit and actually fixing yourself and taking accountability?

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Fearless_Log_8225@reddit

Go see a psych doctor (NP) or whatever, tell them you’re depressed and need a FMLA form signed so you can stay home from work for 12 weeks, file for short term disability, ???? , profit.

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snow-raven7@reddit

Where is the venerated piss disc?

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HeyHo_LetsThrowRA@reddit

In the envelope with the FMLA hard copies.

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Green_Yesterday3054@reddit

Pick up something heavy on the floor that is related to your work and throw out your back.

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awkwardlyclumsy@reddit

I did this unknowingly and i realized 2 years late that it was a work injury and i could have gotten time off/compensation for my medical bills. 😭😭😭

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JockSandWich@reddit

You know when I was a young man the age of like 20 I worked in a poultry plant in a room where I would stack boxes of frozen chicken on wood pallets and a forklift would take it away. The line never stopped and sometimes it took 2 ppl and extra pallets around the line to keep up.

We had two stacks of empty pallets on each side of us so when they took the full one we would replace it with empty.

There was a night it was stacked about 4 pallets above my head and way higher than normal.

I stood on a little step ladder (2 steps all it had) and grabbed the top and jerked on it (lul) to pull it down and it was on a upside down pallet and got stuck but only after about 10 inches of movement and I really fucked my back hard.

That night I went home maybe an hour later but feared retaliation and punishment because it was a pretty shitty job and the company really sucked and high high turn over. So I told them I was just unwell and went home took pain pills I had from dentist appointment back then my dentist gave me a pile he didn't give a fuck so I had a bunch left over for months.

To this day almost 20 years later my back is absolutely fucked and I wish I had mentioned it then because years later someone got hurt from a stack of pallets being high sued the company won and the company made very strict rules about stack height.

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Primary-Curve-2888@reddit

Get on FMLA for job protection and SDI. Depends on how conservative the company is in terms of risk because if the pip results have already been evaluated and they’ve already decided to fire you, then they can legally still do it.

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clintnorth@reddit

Maybe stop sucking at your job bro

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DoctorDownvotesDelux@reddit

Or maybe stop making the job suck

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SpecialEmployee5882@reddit

May be to late for a loa, you would probably be terminated by the time you get in to see a doctor and get all the paperwork submitted.

You could just call in sick and start burning up any sick time/pto you have (assuming you won't get that paid out upon seperatipn)

Sounds like its game over though

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elosustain@reddit

Piss dics

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elosustain@reddit

More like PIP disc

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Resident-Plum-688@reddit

🤣

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blondee7489@reddit

Resign before they fire you

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BamBam-BamBam@reddit

Contact HR and ask for an accommodation for your ADHD.

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Key-Candle8141@reddit

We could prob give all sorts of ideas if we knew wht the job was or what industry were talking abt.... but you didnt give us anything to work with not even a timeline

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Cultural-Ad-9424@reddit

Aquire a sample of your bosses piss and put some piss discs somewhere that would inconvenience YOU. Then blame your boss for harassing you, demand a DNA test on the piss to prove he did it to you.

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TakeAShowerHippie@reddit

You should have been documenting everything for months if you wanted to win this fight. It's over, move on.

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Odd-Highway-8304@reddit

request fmla

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erisod@reddit

Talk to an employment lawyer. The details of the situation might present some leverage.

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gmoney_downtown@reddit

Send out a company wide email "on accident"...

"Hey Bill, I've been reading up on Unions lately and I think they'd be really great for our job. It would be good to have the protections they offer. Ill be reaching out to a union rep soon and see if they'll work for us."

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BoredBSEE@reddit

That's brilliant

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Zailema0s@reddit

😎😎

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i-am-foxymoron@reddit

I would start sending out resumes.

If you really to stay employed at your current job, you would have asked weeks ago, "How can I pass my performance improvement plan, without working any harder st my job?"

By missing the pip meeting you're just delaying the inevitable.

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BoredBSEE@reddit

However, that IS the request. OP wants to delay the inevitable.

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Jourbonne@reddit

Unethical? Have you seen fight club? The scene where “Jack” attacks himself to make it look like his boss physically assaulted him is highly unethical.

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Jacerator@reddit

“Please… don’t hit me again”

*wipes blood on hands*

$$$

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ViaVitoV@reddit

Getting drunk and coming in would help.

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Embarrassed_Flan_869@reddit

Dude, it's over. Pushing off the inevitable.

Unless you want to go nuclear and hire a lawyer and file a harassment suit. You wouldn't likely win but you could make everyone's life more difficult.

Or, when in the meeting, shit your pants.

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breakfastbarf@reddit

Bonus points if they have to throw away the chair

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FlowerComfortable889@reddit

Definitely shit your pants while bombarding everybody else with piss disks. This is the only answer

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Convenientjellybean@reddit

If is certain just use up all you sick leave and don’t do any handover

But it’s it certain?

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