Why do people go on stress leave as soon as they are “in trouble” at our office? ?
July 8th, 2009 | by Anthony |Widget asked:
Silly as this sounds.. I have noted a huge trend in our office. Being part of middle management often allows me to know things that others below me do not.. such as those who are being repremanded or written up for stuff.
OUr office has been going through a clean up period for the last year with old management gone, new one’s in. There have been a couple of employees who are obviously trying to get themselves fired ( sarcastically saying) as they just don’t follow the rules….. the last three who have been written up… all of a sudden go on “stress leave”…. how does this really work? I mean why do people do this?
JODY
One Response to “Why do people go on stress leave as soon as they are “in trouble” at our office? ?”
By phantom_of_valkyrie on Jul 11, 2009 | Reply
Doesn’t this make obvious sense? I mean if you were written up at work and people were trying to fire you, wouldn’t it make sense that it would stress you out?
People want to be fired rather than quit b/c they can file for unemployment. Stress leave is another way to use up any vacation you have before you are fired. Most companies have a policy that you can’t be fired during medical leave. So if they are close to getting a pension or a raise, take the vacation. Then your resume can say you were fired at this pay grade or after 10 years/after tenure.