I can’t make anything work

[TipsyPlumUser]

I feel like I’m actually losing my mind. I’ve been to the GP and I’m being seen by primary mental health. They think I have complex trauma but I swear I’m getting worse.

My official diagnosis is PTSD and despite that I work as a press officer. The only one for a busy government agency because last week, they sacked my colleague.

After I got the job they employed who came in second in another role in the wider team. He’s made it his business to undermine me since I started, take over my work, tell other people he came second etc.

I spoke to my boss about it and although he said he agreed, I then learned they were in talks to get him into my role.

I said to my boss i really couldn’t work with him and I will leave if that happens. Well, today they called my bluff and have said there’s no point in me returning.

My mental health nurse advised me today that this job is ruining my health. And it is- on Thursday I was in such crisis I posted on here about wanting to end it all.

I am so ashamed of myself.

I’ve been with my partner two years and I’ve had four jobs in that time. Admittedly they’ve been stressful jobs but is there one that isn’t any more?

I asked my boss if I could move into one of the less stressful roles in the team (we have vacancies) and was told no. That’s it, one conversation at 3pm, logged off at 5pm and no one expects me back.

There’s no point to this post other than I feel completely broken

Have you been sacked then?

Remember. There’s more to life than work. Choose a less stressful job and start enjoying life more. Good luck. Hope you turn things around soon.

If your employer is a government agency then they must follow a fair dismal policy which I think means they need to provide you with written warnings before they sack you and also have to provide you with details about why you are being sacked. You can only be sacked on the spot for gross misconduct.

If they made your working conditions so unreasonable that you felt you had to leave, I think that might be grounds for constructive dismissal.

https://www.gov.uk/dismissal#:~:text=Notice%20period,%2D%20for%20example%2C%20for%20violence.

Is there a HR department at your employer that you talk to? Or maybe you need to talk to Citizens Advice or ACAS

https://www.acas.org.uk/dismissals

Are you on a union? They can't just decide you don't work there any more

If you are only lasting around 6 months in a job are you even passing probation?
If you are struggling this much you need to find something less stressful than you can stick at for a few years or your cv will be off putting to most employers.

Yep, two an agency job so no probation, other two passed both. I passed the probation of this one literally last week

I’m sorry you are struggling at the moment x

I think tbf if you’re in a new job you can’t be making stipulations about who works where. I think you need to sort out your mindset, your CV won’t be looking great with all this chopping and changing.

however, they can’t just randomly sack you.