I wonder if any of you have ever fucked with trying to apply for FMLA at your job and realized what a clusterfuck of unholy bureaucracy it? Here’s my story :
In the last year I developed type 2 diabetes. I beat it so to speak, lost 50 pounds and all that. I’m healthy now. But in the process I used all my sick leave at work. I accrue less than a day a month at my current job. 7.45 hrs. So it’s been tough to build it back while keeping my schedule appts. and taking sick days when I need them. Cut to August of this year – close friend mine dies, and also I’m dealing with some relationship issues which prompted me to seek therapy. That’s going well but amidst all this I’ve experienced crippling anxiety and depression. I don’t have the sick leave to deal with it..so I apply for intermittent FMLA. I find out after applying all the restrictions.. can’t use FMLA for anything but anxiety and depression. This means all my other health problems have to be dealt with on regular sick leave – which I don’t have. To top it off I’m on unpaid FMLA so finances are getting hard. If that didn’t make matters worse HR where work is absolutely unsympathetic. My boss is cold as ice too as she a classic career climber. I wrote this in a rush so I might edit it. But that’s the gist of what I’m going through. Let’s me know your experience. Oh and I just got COVID.