Front line NHS, I’m burnt out and suffering long covid, and my employer won’t be flexible with hours now the pandemic is ‘over’ (at least until the next wave).
I used to love my job. I’m good at it, efficient, manage my team well.
Now I feel used and taken for granted. When managers needed me in the crisis they agreed to flexible working, now they’ve stripped it away and want to dismiss me on capability grounds (for long covid and another chronic health condition I’ve had for years that caused 2 recent hospital admissions, yet I returned to work the same week I was discharged!)
I rarely took time off, I worked until I was relying on so many painkillers I’d make it through most weeks then get so sick I’d take a few days off the following week. Or I just battled on, using the flexi hours to cope and working into the night on the VPN.
I can’t decide whether to leave via the back door with my dignity or take them to an employment tribunal!