Posted by Zara on 10/18/07

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VA is an at-will state but the management (I feel) is
basically trying to make me quit instead of fire me - when
they met with me about some issues with my work I told
them that my depression has been increasingly bad since
the sudden death of my brother but I am working with it
and to let me have a couple of weeks to work with the new
medication. They told me I need to check my
grief/depression at the door since they have a business to
run. After that time I was given no direction, am not
updated on current projects and I am making mistakes
because I am not being told what exactly it is that I need
to improve on. I asked my boss to meet with me but he
kept putting me off. Then my father died.
I came back from leave to a brand new project starting and
after 1 week was asked about something that had a deadline
but I didn't have it because I wasn't on the email, nor
did my supervisor bother to update me on what was going
on. During these few months, a woman in the same position
doing the same job has not been reprimanded. There is no
proof that the problems caused are my errors
specifically. I have basically been ignored since I told
the bosses about my depression. I was called in the other
day right after my father died to be given a performance
progress stipulation. My boss said he wanted to get this
going "before I used depression to get myself out of being
fired". I feel like they are setting me up to be fired
but know that could potentially quit so they wouldn't
either have a suit against them or give me a payout.
If I quit, would this be considered constructive
discharge? I feel like I am being retaliated against but
I know that is a very general term.

thanks so much

Re: Confused about Constructive Discharge., 12/19/07, by Adrian.

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