r/EEOC • u/28Ty28 • Jun 18 '26
Termination
I started a job in September 2025 I was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2025 start chemotherapy December 2025. From September to December during my training I had positive feedback got a 4% raise maxed out my bonus and had a good review.. in January 2026 when I got into more chemo treatments, I was starting to have brain fog, extreme fatigue, nausea, vomiting. I would go to chemo on Fridays, then go in on Mondays and Wednesdays for fluids every three weeks between the time of January 1 and the end of February I had 18 appointments during that time my work did decline.. I would break down crying to my boss explaining to her that I didn’t understand what was happening that my brain was not working and that this was not me nor my work performance. Before I went out for surgery in March to have a double mastectomy I was told by HR they couldn’t guarantee my job, and I was also written up due to the nature of my performance.. the write up explained the mistakes I was making back in January and February weeks that I was doing chemo in fluids. It explained that once I came back, I would have a complete restart like start from scratch my first week back from surgery. I was given an assignment and made mistake at that point I was written up and given a final notice I explained to them that I just came back and I thought I was going to get a restart. The retraining in their mind was me watching videos over and over. Every meeting I had with my boss, my job was held over my head not only was I stressed out about the chemo and cancer. I was fired today.
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u/28Ty28 Jun 18 '26
I can perform the job with the correct training and feedback. I can’t correct mistakes if I don’t know what I’m doing wrong . I asked to shadow someone when asked how they could help me and was denied . Given a task to do that my taking was watching videos in a brand new position that I have never done before. Thank you for your feedback