HR gives employee ultimatum, forcing him to get a doctor's note that day, opts for malicious compliance: 'I gave YEARS of loyal service and they're going to get their karma very soon'

Giving years of your time, efforts, and energy to a company only to be given an ultimatum about your future there sounds about right these days.

We all want to think that we have job security or that the businesses where we work won't turn into one of those "toxic" ones we have all read about online. However, the truth of the matter is that most of these companies are already that problematic. Some of us simply have not been on the receiving end of that toxicity… yet.

This overworked employee was struggling at the company for months and had voiced his issues to management on numerous occasions. Eventually, his concerns were answered but not necessarily in the way that he had hoped. Instead of being given genuine support from human resources, they gave him two options: one involved leaving the company immediately, and the other involved going on d*sability, provided that the employee provide a doctor's note. However, there was a deadline to provide that note. The employee had to get in touch with their doctor that day. Otherwise, those benefits would not be provided. Talk about an unfair ask!

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  • Thankfully, the employee was able to get in touch with his doctor between appointments. His doctor was well aware of the author's work struggles and agreed to write a doctor's note on his behalf. However, the doctor wasn't going to play Mr. Nice Guy to HR, and he wound up giving them a piece of his mind… so much so that HR proceeded to be extra gracious to the author moving forward. Must have been some doctor's note!

  • "HR [is] there to protect the company. Not their employees"

    I've been struggling with my mental health for many years. Up till a few months ago, I was still able to keep up at work even through extreme client pressure. Then I started begging for help because I was struggling a lot.
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  • They promised to move me to a different team with less pressure, but kept moving the goal posts, telling me that they couldn't find a replacement due to client requirements.
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  • Early this morning they ambushed me with a meeting with our HR director to give me 2 options. Either I get fired after a disciplinary hearing, or go on
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  • dis ty. I've been begging for dis ty for months, so naturally I was really happy to go with option 2 as I have good income insurance through the company.
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  • Then the HR head b demanded that I get the doctor's paperwork done today. I'd already been in contact with the doctor and she couldn't get it done because she'd just returned
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  • from leave and had a huge backlog. The HR b demanded that I go to the doctor's office to get it done today.
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  • I was feeling utterly malicious when I complied. Even though it meant a 2 hour drive with the distance and traffic. I got there and managed to chat to my doctor for 2 minutes in-between
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  • appointments and she requested permission to be r to the HR b and I told her to go for it. I don't know what she said in that email, but the HR b was suddenly VERY reasonable. Now I have a full week to get the paperwork done.
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  • is the I'm happy. The HR b wife of the CEO and the company is about to take a huge hit because the client has found alternatives. So its going to hugely hit their bank accounts. It
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  • gives me a very happy, fuzzy feeling. I gave YEARS of loyal service and they're going to get their karma very soon even if my malicious compliance is a drop in the bucket.
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