I’d be really grateful for any advice, please. DH has been signed off work for 3 weeks and has now just been signed off for an additional 4. He’s had a mental health crisis - anxiety and depression. He’s in a technical management role in a large (multinational) organisation.
His probation was extended last summer for six months on the basis of one issue (speed of delivery). He’s been working his arse off but isn’t meeting deadlines. This is partly because the team as a whole are not using the method they should be (and which he was brought in to implement, but is meeting resistance from seniors). It’s also because he has dyslexia and dyscalculia, and traditional project delivery is not a good fit.
Before Christmas he asked to speak to his senior colleagues and they agreed to look into a new dyslexia assessment and potentially make adjustments, which would probably influence the deadlines he’s set and therefore his probation.
But he had a breakdown over Christmas and his probation is officially up while he’s on sick leave.
He’s asked his boss for a meeting and an indication of what might happen, but does anyone know what’s the most likely outcome? I can’t see him ever managing in the post if he doesn’t get adjustments and they don’t begin to commit to the new way of working, but conversely job hunting right now would be really tough. We rely on his income and I’m worried they will just let him go.
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DH on sick leave during extended probation - what’s likely to happen?
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Levithecat · 22/01/2020 23:23
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