Title. I'm so tired. A year ago we hired my new supervisor to replace my retiring one. It's been a hell of an overbearing time since then, with endless restructuring of “administrative procedures,” largely overcomplicating one person tasks into three person tasks. But I digress.
Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with a cancer that's rare at my age, I faced partial tongue removal. Ever since sharing my diagnosis, my supervisor just got worse, even more overbearing. She always made a point to document all alleged failures of mine, while also refusing to put her asks into writing.
I had my surgery, and experienced complications that long extended my ICU stay and subsequent recovery. It was remarkably traumatic, but I was anxious to get back to work. I felt like I was slowly starting to get better, but then out of nowhere, my doc informs me that I need to do radiation therapy due to a high chance of recurrence, which could take more of my tongue and disable me.
Knowing this would seriously knock me on my ass long term, I told my supervisor and our department head, and started working with HR on leave paperwork. And here we are. This past Monday, my supervisor announces she's leaving. After a week of working hard to prepare coverage for her departure and my radiation outage, she informs me that she's sending a PIP notice to HR. Four days before her last day, and she's actively trying to sabotage my employment while I'm dealing with cancer. Words can't even express how sick I feel having to work four more days with her, all while having to defend myself and call out her awful treatment. I have been set up for failure, and although I am absolutely calling out that fact, I am so tired. I can barely afford treatment with insurance, and now I have to worry about losing it. Fuck.
Rads start tomorrow.