I (25f) for the past three years have been suffering from severe migraines and uncontrollable body movements which was later found out to be focal seizures (a type of epilepsy).
My boss has been aware of my health since it started three years ago and he initially showed concern but now that I cannot work as quickly as I used to, he keeps calling me lazy and a pretender.
I have sent my medical report and all that to my boss and pleaded to be moved to a different section in the department where I can work devoid of the triggers but he said no.
He even once told me I can quit and he doesn’t care.
I asked for my workload to be reduced and it took 5 months and a very bad seizure at work for him to listen. Even after that, he told me that he would tell anyone that asks about my health that I am just pretending.
This year, my seizures have gotten so bad that I begged to be transferred but he said I should fight my own battles. I was once yelled at in front of staff and customers that I am pretending just to avoid work. This made me call my uncle who told my boss off for bullying. After which, nobody in the office had been speaking to me (it has been 4 months now.)…
I even ended up having another horrible seizure which rendered me hospitalised.
During my sick leave, I decided to go to HR to report everything that has been happening to me (I had sent them emails over the years but this was the first time they were going to see me) because I couldn’t bear it anymore; the laughter, the names and the seizures. I haven’t been to work since due to the advice of my doctor and HR.
I got a call recently and was told my boss has told everyone that I have gone to report him to HR. I am remembering how I had reported him to my uncle and as a result, nobody has been speaking to me for months, and one of my colleagues warned me to remember the relationship i have built with my boss and keep quiet, I can’t help but feel I should have just kept my mouth shut because now I don’t know how bad things would get when I resume work.