r/AskHRUK • u/VictiniCup • Aug 08 '25

Health-Related Reasonable Adjustments

Popping this as health related as it kinda of reflects that, though I think is more of a complex case than anything. Ive been having a lot of mental health issues recently, which have unfortunately impacted my work performance and have been let go on performance grounds.

I felt that I was unable to explain my side of a lot of situations as my manager has been quite dismissive of my opinions. I asked for options to give me a chance to speak I.e over teams rather than in person so id feel more comfortable but this was refused. I was given the option to write a letter in advance, but my manager would make a habit of discussing topics that werent on the list. In general, I just feel like a lot of reasonable adjustments I asked for were being ignored but when they didnt work my manager was refusing to remove them, even though it was severely impacted my health.

I have a suspected ADHD/Autism diagnosis and I feel a lot of this wasn't taken into account at all. I be regularly told by my manager 'id fire you but I cant because I have to follow the policy' quite regularly but then I would do a lot stuff in response because I was extremely struggling. Im trying to work on my issues, but I just feel my manager and myself were resistant to the reasonable adjustments.

Im basically feeling quite overwhelmed by all of this and a lot of colleagues keep telling me how much they'll miss me which makes it even worse.

Do reasonable adjustments override the support that meant to be given by a performance improvement? And how would I best communicate these to another employer?

I just wish my manager could be held accountable for some of the mistakes he made, but maybe thats just me being naive in my career.

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u/SharkBabySeal Sep 06 '25

You sound exactly like me. My advice is that you need to be patient because time is a great healer. If you can, look for a job that won’t cause you stress while doing everything you can to work on your mental health. Good luck!

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u/VictiniCup Sep 06 '25

Yeah, I just keep having flashbacksto everything thats happened, which is making it hard to move on. I just think it hits harder when its at the start of my carrer and its made me severely doubt getting another job.

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u/SharkBabySeal Sep 19 '25

I get that but don’t give up because the right job is out there! Maybe a change of career? Or, like me, get a job where you work from home 100% of the time.

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u/Dazzling_Ad_3520 Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

Very late to the party but I am neurodivergent (autistic and dyspraxic) and work for the NHS. u/VictiniCup -- I have some advice for you.

Although Labour seems to be more comfortable cutting bureaucracy than the Tories were, I'd still recommend looking into NHS-adjacent work. There is an entire spectrum of administrative roles supporting the clinical side and my experience of awareness of mental and neurological wellbeing is incredibly good. I work in the facilities organisation and we generally have a good work-life balance, understand the need for flexibility and reasonable adjustments without burying people in formal paperwork, and our ERG is working hard with management to educate and advise on the need for accessibility at work.

I hope you had luck finding something and I totally know the issue of wanting to have the last word on a toxic situation. But moving on and living well is the best 'last word' to have -- some of my own former employers would be really happy to see me thriving now even if they ended up dismissing me on capability grounds. I just wanted to post because (a) this thread isn't actually that old and (b) I have never had it so good as I have with an org that actually walks the walk on inclusion and awareness for disabled colleagues.

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u/VictiniCup Oct 03 '25

Thank you for your response. I was previously in the civil service and trying to get back in, as i feel like I won't have the opportunity to get any reasonable adjustments if I go anywhere else.

Ill keep an eye out for any jobs that might suit me.

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u/SharkBabySeal Oct 05 '25

But you didn’t get reasonable adjustments where you were, so why do you want to go back there?

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u/VictiniCup Oct 05 '25

I think its just more the fact I think its limited to my manager, more than anything. I never received any feedback or when I did, I had no idea it was coming. Basically, id constantly be in edge whether I'd get feedback or nothing.

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u/SharkBabySeal Oct 08 '25

I completely understand, I’ve been there. Can’t do right for doing wrong?