Employer Makes Their Worker Pick Between Demotion Or Termination And Gets Accused Of Discriminating Against Her Mental Health

"She's calling me all sorts of "-ist" now, and says I'm discriminating against her due to her poor mental health and her gender."

Ayoub

• Published in Interesting
• February 2, 2023

Mental health is becoming one of the main reasons some employee leave their jobs. Factors such as unsustainable conditions and overwhelming work play a huge role in the prevalence of this phenomenon. 

Employees across all organizational levels now face mental health challenges. This proves and supports the notion that all of us can be affected by mental health challenges. 

Out of necessity, investments in mental health support have been made by companies, but a true culture change has never been achieved. Employers have made many resources available for their employees since the pandemic, which includes company-wide mental health days, mental health training, and time off. 

A Redditor who goes by the username u/Absolut_Failure made a post on the r/AmItheA**hole subReddit where they explained how one of their employees recently got promoted, failed to show up for work, and only called after her shift ended. The user gave their employee two options: termination or demotion, which the employee didn't take that well, so Op decided to consult with the Reddit community.

The r/AmItheA**hole community had a lot of different reactions to the user's post. Scroll down to check out the full Reddit post, and scroll a little further to read the comments from the original post.

Here's the original post by Reddit user u/Absolut_Failure:

The employee failed to show up for work that day, and the store remained closed throughout her entire shift.

The employee's response confused OP and didn't make a lot of sense.

OP made their employee choose between two options after her neglect.

OP feared they might have reacted poorly, which drove them to consult with the Reddit community.

OP modified the post later to include an "Edit" with more info.

Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/Absolut_Failure's post:

The employee failed to call and never showed up to work.

OP was kind to give their employee a choice.

The employee's performance was amazing before the promotion.

The way employees behave can cost a business a lot of money.

"Don’t be surprised if she continues with her attitude and ends up having to be terminated."

OP could use the same excuse as their employee.

You can't just say something like that and not explain it.

You can't just say something like that and not explain it.

OP doesn't care as much about the money loss and is worried about their employee's mental health.

OP should tolerate this kind of behavior from their employees.

"Needing a mental health day is all well and good, but this was just irrisponsible..."

The cost is sometimes higher than the benefit.

OP's employee could need some time away.

"Your business cannot depend on what an employee feels like..."

OP was left with no other choice after realizing they couldn't depend on their employee for a task that important. A business needs to run efficiently; otherwise, it won't succeed.

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