Salty and Sweet

A lot of speculation has come about with my recent lay off.

It is quite a coincidence of how I was on IVs for three weeks twice (still went to work, with exception to the week I was IN the hospital), sinus surgery (one week out of work), insulin pump training class, along with all the check-ups that have been required from the IVs and surgery, all within the past six months… and then I was the first to be laid off… to quote my nurse “sounds a bit fishy”.  All of the above SHOULD be protected by the ADA and FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act), but since others were laid off the same day, it is difficult to prove I was chosen because of my lowered (since I was feeling miserable and sick) productivity. (The reason I was given was there was more employees than work, yet I had more seniority than half of the folks there).

I have wanted to keep my work life out of my blog, but my “blog life” and work life has seemed to cross paths recently, so I will write.  I want others to learn from my experience and hopefully my readers will be prepared in case it ever happens to them.

What happened…  well, that is not only a long story, but multiple long stories.  I’ll give the cliff notes version. Continue reading Laid off…