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Hi all,
I hope someone can point me in the right direction. My spouse has been working for a company for 4 years, just before xmas my spouse asked to step down from her role as a team leader due to personal reasons. The main reasons are I am disabled and need her help around the house, also my elderly disabled mother is living with us now after the loss of my father last year. Other personnel at the company have stepped down to the role of support worker previously with no problems. When my wife asked to step down to the role of support worker she was verbally told that would be ok. My wife offered to do a month handing over her responsibilities before stepping down to a support worker. When she arrived at work the following morning she was greeted with an email stating that due to differences of opinion from a personality clash she was being fired after her handover period. She had no verbal or written warnings at all, just a snotty email saying the following:
During the meeting you expressed your wish in stepping down to the post of support worker, however after pondering your views towards our company and myself as the manager. I feel that stepping into the role of support worker would not be beneficial to both parties due to the animosity that is currently felt.
As far as I'm aware after having spent nearly 20 years in the army a personality clash is not a fair grounds for dismissal. Regardless of the issues we all have to work for or with people we are not best buddies with, but surely this is very unprofessional at the least. The stress caused my wife to go to the doctors with severe anxiety where she was put on sick leave.
I hope someone can point me in the right direction. My spouse has been working for a company for 4 years, just before xmas my spouse asked to step down from her role as a team leader due to personal reasons. The main reasons are I am disabled and need her help around the house, also my elderly disabled mother is living with us now after the loss of my father last year. Other personnel at the company have stepped down to the role of support worker previously with no problems. When my wife asked to step down to the role of support worker she was verbally told that would be ok. My wife offered to do a month handing over her responsibilities before stepping down to a support worker. When she arrived at work the following morning she was greeted with an email stating that due to differences of opinion from a personality clash she was being fired after her handover period. She had no verbal or written warnings at all, just a snotty email saying the following:
During the meeting you expressed your wish in stepping down to the post of support worker, however after pondering your views towards our company and myself as the manager. I feel that stepping into the role of support worker would not be beneficial to both parties due to the animosity that is currently felt.
As far as I'm aware after having spent nearly 20 years in the army a personality clash is not a fair grounds for dismissal. Regardless of the issues we all have to work for or with people we are not best buddies with, but surely this is very unprofessional at the least. The stress caused my wife to go to the doctors with severe anxiety where she was put on sick leave.
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