STAGE 3

[MAILMAN84]

Right guys, resuscitating this thread as my dismissal meeting is on Monday and I'd like some advice on it all.

Basically I've had about 3 weeks off in 3 and a half years, I've already had a stage 3 where I brought up that I had panic attacks and mental anxiety problems. The AM was ready to fire me but couldn't as he'd messed up with referring me to occupational health. HE said if i had another stage 3, he would fire me without questions kinda thing. He said the mental health didnt really come into it as I didn't mention it to RM when I joined.

I've accumulated another 2 absenses. First of 1 day on a Saturday which was because one of my friends nearly died and i went to the hospital. At the time I came back on the MOnday, I didn't get a return to work and the boss then wrote out the return to work instead of interviewing and put down 'tired'. I was a bit asleep on that day so didnt really read it before I signed it. I didn't expect to be off again but I had a Wed and Thursday off a few months later due to being too afraid to leave the house.

I have spoke to ATOS and they say it seems like I have a problem and royal mail would need to take that into account and make reasonable adjustments. The problem is that out of all the days off I have had over the 3 and a half years, a lot of them ARE 1-day Saturdays and Mondays (in first year I was like most people a bit of a party animal, you never expect to get to a stage 3 so who doesnt pull sickies??).

My problem is, how do I avoid being fired? As for reasonable adjustments last time, they didn't refer me to anyone and they have recently made me stay 6 weeks in a distant office (10 miles away) and didn't get me transport home. They have given newbies toi the office their own duties. They also arranged my dismissal interview. I came in and they told me they had moved it to next monday after i'd arrived at 7am on my time off for it.....

I think I've had it but my real question is how to maximise my case. Also worth mentioning someone who has left the office now who was off a LOT had a sweet deal with the then manager to put any sick absences through as holidays so he didnt even get a first stage and now I'm out the door. Been off 3 days in a year btw, 2 weeks off going back to a stage 1 when this triggered!

Thanks guys, union help appreciated also

[WHITEANT]

A postie i know had cancer he had to go threw cimo when he came back to work ,the compasionet po gave him a lovely welcome back YOUR ON A STAGE 1 :lfo

[norbert]

A postie i know had cancer he had to go threw cimo when he came back to work ,the compasionet po gave him a lovely welcome back YOUR ON A STAGE 1 :lfo

That bit about not mentioning it being supposedly " dishonest " when you started RM is twisted , warped & perverse ; typical RM " morality " , you did NOT have a crystal ball - what about people getting cancer . Two wrongs don't make a right . I'd start thinking about getting solicitors in ; because they'll soon start picking holes in RM .

That's purely to wriggle out of it - sh**e ! & keep pressure off him , as it's obvious certain people want rid of you and are hoping you'll go quietly - naive ! .

ATOS have stated there needs to be reasonable adjustments under DDA because no matter how much RM pay them & RM only hear what they want to hear , their MO's don't want to be standing up in court carrying the can for RM's " medical experts " . A ATOS MO could be reported to the General Medical Council too , that's why in the NHS ; they pay indemnity insurance and dues to the British Medical Association . There's plenty of ambulance chasing solicitors looking for work .

It's buck passing , arse covering and rank closing boll**ks as there's been " management failures " down the line . They'd soon buckle if the media got the details

That AM epitomizes everything that is wrong with RM , arrogant & egotistical bullying tw** , the British Disease - middle management