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UPDATE: My job asked me to quit due to my disability

Original post (2) My job asked me to quit due to my disability : antiwork (reddit.com) It's been 2 months since I've posted my original post, so I thought I'd update everyone. For those 2 months It has been so frustrating, this company, who is the opposite of Lowes (don't want to say the business just in case), forced me to take a leave of absence then when my doctor sent a note saying the accommodations I need and saying that I can return to work, apparently it wasn't good enough. Shortly after making the original post, I filed a charge against them with the EEOC. We had an appointment at the beginning of December but due to my worsening physical/mental health and my disability I just gave up hope and told the mediator I wanted to drop the charges. I know some may say that was stupid, but I…


Original post (2) My job asked me to quit due to my disability : antiwork (reddit.com)

It's been 2 months since I've posted my original post, so I thought I'd update everyone.

For those 2 months It has been so frustrating, this company, who is the opposite of Lowes (don't want to say the business just in case), forced me to take a leave of absence then when my doctor sent a note saying the accommodations I need and saying that I can return to work, apparently it wasn't good enough.

Shortly after making the original post, I filed a charge against them with the EEOC. We had an appointment at the beginning of December but due to my worsening physical/mental health and my disability I just gave up hope and told the mediator I wanted to drop the charges. I know some may say that was stupid, but I just felt so defeated at that point.

The mediator emailed me back a week later and said that she would call me the next day to talk about this. We talked about why I wanted to drop the charges and I explained that If I continue to fight this, I am going to end up in the hospital from all of this stress.

She told me that she wouldn't be doing her job if she didn't tell me that this wasn't the best option and asked me if maybe I could come up with an agreement that if they paid me all the backpay I would drop the charges. I told her that I would agree to that, and she said she would discuss it with my old job.

2 days later she called me back and she said they agreed to pay me all of my back pay which is more than $2700. I was so relieved and happy because I was honestly about to cave in and let them win but because of her I decided to try this one thing, and now I will be compensated. I know it's not a lot of money, but it will help me so much in buying a mobility aid I need, and I can put the rest of it away for emergencies and medication copays.

I know this isn't an exciting ending but I'm just happy its finally over.

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