So this has been a delightful year in my life. At the end of January, I had a hip replacement and died, briefly during surgery. Only took two weeks off work, because in my company, if you aren’t working, for whatever reason, you don’t get any sales leads. Leads typically take a minimum of 2 months to come to fruition, as this is a high end sale. Came back to work while doing physical therapy and visiting various doctors to determine what tried to end me during the first surgery. End of March I have my second hip replacement-both hips were bone on bone, so this wasn’t optional. This time I take 3 weeks, because I’m still recovering. So, no leads for those 3 weeks. The second day I returned to work I was called in with HR to discuss my subpar performance during the first part of the year. I was told that having surgery is not an excuse not to perform, and that my lack,of leads was not an excuse. I needed to work nights, weekends and holidays to catch up. Mind you, I am still going through physical therapy. At the end of the week they put me on a written warning, and I have until the end of this month to make my goal-which by the way is $80,000 higher than any number I had ever been asked to produce.
Needless to say, this unachievable goal will not be met. Silly me, I thought we lived in a day where employers still cared about their employees. (For reference 6-8 weeks is normal for return to work for a total hip)