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[Jacie]

@Noel7

Some have, I have encountered employees who fall back on their depression, drug addiction, ADD/ADHD, health related issues of chronic back pain, the like.

And yes, some have flaunted it in front of co-workers, that they had gotten out of doing something they didn't want to do, not had to participate etc.

You would be surprised what goes on in a workplace, especially in HR. 

[charvale]

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@Jacie wrote:

@Noel7

Some have, I have encountered employees who fall back on their depression, drug addiction, ADD/ADHD, health related issues of chronic back pain, the like.

And yes, some have flaunted it in front of co-workers, that they had gotten out of doing something they didn't want to do, not had to participate etc.

You would be surprised what goes on in a workplace, especially in HR. 

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I've seen the same thing @Jacie.

[Noel7]

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@Jacie wrote:

@Noel7

Some have, I have encountered employees who fall back on their depression, drug addiction, ADD/ADHD, health related issues of chronic back pain, the like.

And yes, some have flaunted it in front of co-workers, that they had gotten out of doing something they didn't want to do, not had to participate etc.

You would be surprised what goes on in a workplace, especially in HR. 

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@Jacie

I wouldn't be surprised by what goes on in the workplace, though, I've been there and I have been the boss.

I can see that some might flaunt it, but not all, most are too busy trying hard to survive. 

Also, keep in mind that the perfectly healthy can also be manipulative, I've seen that all too many times, so there is no real difference.

Thanks for your response. 

[Lady Elaine]

My husband has ADD and takes medicine to help him. He has been gainfully employed since he was17 without having to have anyone make allowances or treat him like he has a disability. Our 16 year old son has it and receives cognitive behavioral training to help him manage his symptoms and develop strategies that will help him be successful in school and adulthood. 

[Noel7]

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@Lady Elaine wrote:

My husband has ADD and takes medicine to help him. He has been gainfully employed since he was17 without having to have anyone make allowances or treat him like he has a disability. Our 16 year old son has it and receives cognitive behavioral training to help him manage his symptoms and develop strategies that will help him be successful in school and adulthood. 

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@Lady Elaine

That's wonderful, and it certainly can be genetic.

But not everyone has had a diagnosis or treatment, especially because that can be very expensive.

ADD is also on a spectrum scale where it can be mild or more severe.  Very severe can get a legal disability status.  Not everyone has the same experience.

[Moonchilde]

We had a male transcriptionist come to work in our dept part time evenings. He was upfront about his ADHD and they were prepared to accommodate. He said that he'd been working at home (which would have been perfect for him).

He was supposedly on medication (but how could we know if he actually was or not). He could NOT sit in his chair for more than 3-5 minutes without either standing up, interrupting the rest of us, or leaving the room. He could not do any work because he was never sitting in his chair plugged in. He couldn't finish a report!

This was a grown man in his early 30s. For someone who was supposed to be on medication, he was completely out of control. He was accommodated and accommodated, but we finally let him go because not only could he not finish anything, he kept interrupting the rest of us and we couldn't either.

This struck me as pretty severe, if he was indeed taking medication.

[Noel7]

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@Moonchilde wrote:

We had a male transcriptionist come to work in our dept part time evenings. He was upfront about his ADHD and they were prepared to accommodate. He said that he'd been working at home (which would have been perfect for him).

He was supposedly on medication (but how could we know if he actually was or not). He could NOT sit in his chair for more than 3-5 minutes without either standing up, interrupting the rest of us, or leaving the room. He could not do any work because he was never sitting in his chair plugged in. He couldn't finish a report!

This was a grown man in his early 30s. For someone who was supposed to be on medication, he was completely out of control. He was accommodated and accommodated, but we finally let him go because not only could he not finish anything, he kept interrupting the rest of us and we couldn't either.

This struck me as pretty severe, if he was indeed taking medication.

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@Moonchilde

He could very well have been taking his meds, they just didn't do the trick.

We see that same kind of behavior with kids in school, up and down, up and down.  Sometimes it's just too disturbing to the class as a whole.

[151949]

HA ! when i was working if the person from the next shift was late - of course we had to stay and wait for them to arrive, then about 30 to 45 min for report and we were leaving quite late. The late people never got any grief but the poor person who had to stay because they were late would get krap from nursing admin. for always being late going home, because they would have to pay OT.It was so frustrating that some of the nurses would actually go out to the time clock and punch out before they were done to avoid that hassle from admin.Unfortunately we did have several staff who were cronically late , including our manager. Thus nothing was ever said to them.

[Tissyanne]

My husband's sister has always been chronically late to work or any family event. She was also disorganized in every way. I remember taking my son to one of her kids birthday party. She was not even at home, and had gone shopping for the cake. Unbelievable. She was always late to family functions, but her Mom would hold everything up until she arrived. In my opinion she did it for attention, and needed a kick in the butt. I speak of her in past tense because I no longer attend functions where she is involved. 

[Desertdi]

Ha......I was always "on time"...........completed my assignments as required................but was told by my co-workers, "You make the rest of us look bad."

So.........what's the use????????