Gaslighting and fired me for my dissability
Gaslighting and fired me for my dissability
Remote work Ergs and dei groups Professional environment (to a fault)
Management has either been completely disengaged or engaged to the point of gaslighting. I got great performance reviews, positive feedback from my whole team and direct management, career discussions, offers to be helped to transfer internally to align with my career goals and offers to pay for certifications, (all of which is documented). Then everything changed.
As soon as I started negotiating accommodations for a diagnosed disability with HR and management everything shifted. All of a sudden in the span of a week or so I was fired for "not performing, and missing technical competencies". This came from management that put me in a non-technical role and praised everything I was doing and had only been in place for a quarter. I was completely gaslit on everything including HR who I was discussing my disability accommodation with.
If you are laying off people just be honest about it and stop gaslighting employees about poor performance.
If you really want to foster a good culture, I don't think firing employees who you are actively working with for a disability accommodation is the right way to do it.
Gaslighting employees and putting on a professional face to the point of surprising them by firing them out of nowhere is not management, it's cowardice.
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