Had been waiting for 6 months to a year for a position to open in the company.
After lots of waiting, they finally asked me to speak to them with regards of offering me the new position. When I came to the room , the first question that was asked is how many sick days I took in 2020?
I said 2 days and he really started going mental ,shouting and belittling me saying that I am not dependable. After working my ass off for a company for over 2 years , that was really disrespectful. He asked me for 2021 which I said was about 4-5 days and he started swearing in front of me . He kept questioning my honesty regarding my sick days and stated that he didn't have one sick day in 16 years, like that is something to be proud of. In Europe, and my country in particular you can have 2 weeks of paid sick leave annually and I did not even take close the amount I am allowed too, and I have also taken then when I was truly sick
He was not interested in any of my achievements in the company and was only interested in this and I am truly appalled , this kept going for 10 minutes until I decided to end the meeting right there and then.
How can billion dollar companies be allowed to tell their employees to work when they're sick and denying them a job opportunity as I've been sick previously.
I feel this is discrimination from the employers part, should I consider speak to HR with regards to this so called meeting?
TL;DR – Waited for a long time for a job opportunity within a company , manager got aggressive when I mentioned how many days I was sick.