I'm going to preface this by saying: My direct boss is wonderful. She's done a lot for me and my team and this is not as all about her. This is about the person over her. I'll call him S. Also, I have contemplated not posting this because i don't want any kind of retaliation, but fuck it.
Backstory to all of this: I lost my aunt a few weeks back after a month-long battle in the hospital. She had a funeral a few days ago. The company I am at does not give bereavement pay unless it is your parent, child, or spouse, so I took vacation time for her funeral as well as multiple times during the month before her passing.
Now, she and I lived together for 10 years, and were quite close. That, among other more personal things, have caused me to take her sudden and unexpected passing very poorly. My mental health is in the toilet already.
The day before her funeral, I slipped on mud working outside and broke my ankle. All three bones in it, actually. I just had surgery for it. Metal plates and all.
I inquired about working from home, instead of taking FMLA or just being off work. Have the surgery, be down for a few days, and then work from the next week onward from home until I could put weight on my foot.
S said, and I quote, “it is your responsibility to make it to work”. He said this twice, with a little “we appreciate you” thrown in there. but I broke my driving ankle.
And after that call, my husband was furious for me, i was sobbing thinking I was about to be out of work, and then I got called back from my direct boss saying it was smoothed over, I am cleared to work from home for 3 weeks.
Issue now is that A. My respect for my job and love for it has diminished, because this situation. and also, B. My doctor has told me since that it will be 6 weeks and I have no idea how they will react to that news.
Like, if I have a WFH computer, what is the point of it if I can't use it when I need to because I can not leave my house?
I'm not wanting any advice, but if anyone has any I wont say don't leave it. I'm really only wanting to get this off my chest and vent about it.