
Discrimination towards depression
I worked at a fancy zagats rated resturaunt as a hostess for about a month. I suffer from very severe depression and after I had a very bad anxiety attack late one night and left a bit early. I sat my managers down the next day and explained to them that I was dealing with a serious illness, they acted as if they understood and even agreed to accommodate me in accordance to my psych (they promptly ignored my doctors suggestions to keep me on morning shift, anyway). Then two weeks later, they fired me, claiming that I was ‘not mentally well’ enough to work at their restaurant.
I feel like they purposely ignored my doctors orders because they wanted to degrade the quality of my work so that they could say that my work was sub par and fire me.
Am I just being salty or too sensitive? Or were their actions calculated?
Malinda Stadter did you discuss your need for special accommodations during your interview? Sounds like the managers were upset your illness wasn't disclosed during the recruiting and hiring process.
Sorry you lost that job but put that experience behind you and look for jobs you will be able to perform taking into consideration your illness.