Redundancy aibu

[HoEmGee]

Had informal chat with line manager and she mentioned redundancies are coming up and I'd very likely will be in pool. I was really upset as love my job and have worked so hard. It's also the first job that I've ever had that is a great fit for my ADHD. I burst into tears when she told me which is so embarrassing but also, part of my ADHD and not something that is helped by the medication.

I haven't ever told work about my condition. I was diagnosed after starting the job but take medication openly at work. The only time I've felt it could show was in this meeting when I cried due to lack of emotional regulation and rejection sensitive dysphoria (plus, you know Covid,homeschool, rainy February, prospect of losing job etc!).

Anyway, here's my aibu... Would IBU to email boss and drop in there that I have ADHD so they
officially know and I have potentially more protection when redundancy process is formally announced. I don't like using it as an excuse but I also will find it harder than my colleagues to find a new role as I'm pretty limited in the jobs I can physically do (eg no desk job).

Donning hard hat..

I'm not sure how it's going to give you any protection from redundancy. Might be quite the opposite...

To be honest I don’t have ADHD but think I would also have cried. I think you tell them about the condition but don’t link it back to this. You explain you felt it important to explain what the medication you have been taking is for and that you haven’t asked for any adjustments as no one has fed back anything that you believed to relate to the condition. On a side note, having ADHD may not have any bearing on the redundancy process as how likely someone is to be able to secure a new job doesn’t sound a factor or criteria to include. More likely factors are around current performance, future potential for the business etc , although explaining your condition might shed new light on these it could be positive or negative depending on the perception the powers that be already have of you.

It will not make any difference in the redundancy process, businesses are not required to keep on the people that are less likely to find work elsewhere! If you are trying to suggest your AHDH is a disability, it may mean reasonable adjustments are required but it doesn’t make you immune from redundancy. It may seems an odd time to suddenly announce you require reasonable adjustments and personally as you have managed thus far, I would not think you are going to do yourself any favours.

Lots of people would cry in that situation.

I don’t think it will help unfortunately.

@partyatthepalace

Lots of people would cry in that situation.

I don’t think it will help unfortunately.

Agree.

Sorry ADHD doesn’t give you redundancy protection, not sure why you think it would. I wouldn’t tell them now it would seem odd.

Why would adhd give you redundancy protection?

Unfortunately I be been in a position to make several people redundant, crying is a normal reaction to shit news.

I wouldn't. Instead, I'd prepare for the interview with lots of suggestions and comments on how your role and performance is a benefit to the company.
Many people would have cried.
Don't forget that you may be in the pool, but that doesn't mean you'll definitely be made redundant. Start enhancing your CV and LinkedIn profile so that you feel more in control of the situation and job hunt should redundancy happen.

Having ADHD does not protect you from redundancy. In fact high lighting it may put you at an increased risk of being made redundant as you may need more time off than another co worker without a condition. And as you have already been told your in the firing line before you've told them your diagnosis, you'll have no way to prove this is why you were let go.

I also think crying is a normal reaction to hearing bad news like this.

The employer will already have decided who they want to go.
The pool stuff is just a fiction, generally.
I wouldn't give them any cause to make your case stand out, because that could tip the balance - but not in a good way..

Ok, pretty unanimous! I won't mention it! I don't know why I thought it would offer a level of protection...