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Lost job due to mental health issue - advice required

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  • Masomnia
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    They have not been fired for wanting to go part time or having a mental health issue; they have been been fired for taking time off sick with depression during their probationary period and clearly indicating to the employer that this would be an ongoing theme.

    I don't see how that alters things.
    “I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.” - P.G. Wodehouse
  • Masomnia wrote: »
    I don't see how that alters things.

    I mentioned it because people seem to be saying "there must be more to it". I don't see why; I am not in the least surprised they sacked someone who took presumably a considerable time off and requested part-time working in the first couple of months of the job.
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