Today I went to the doctor and I received a letter from him taking me off of work for two weeks...due to stress. As you know this has been an ongoing problem for me since I started the job in the arctic 7 months ago. The job is horrible ( no staff support..no one wants to come here to work) and I've been working 70 hours per week just to keep my head above water. Couple this with the stress of the divorce and not getting to talk to my son, and I'm pretty much a nervous breakdown waiting to happen. I've never had emotional or coping difficulites before in my life.
I went back to work after my appointment and was called into my supervisors office for a meeting. I was told that I had the right to union representation. Okay, red flag. I contacted my union rep and he attended the meeting with me and at that time I was informed that " due to no fault of your own" you are being dismissed from your job. ( I don't even know what this means other than that I am "dismissed")
The union rep and I left and very little was said....I was simply shocked and I've never even received any disciplinary action previous to this. To make a long story short, the union rep that was with me came with me to my office and immediately called the Union president. According to him, proper protocol has glaringly NOT been followed and he feels that this will require more than just a grievance...and they are going to spend the weekend preparing for monday and for using a union lawyer to file against the GN for wrongful dismissal.
In any event, I am a beaten man today. It has been the most demoralizing and confusing day of my life...and it's time to go home. I wouldn't have been able to stand much more of this anyways. Working for the gov of Nunavut is like being in a concentration camp....but I was here for the big bucks.
I will be leaving in about two weeks to return home. And now I wonder how this will affect my divorce. Obviously I will no longer have an income of close to 6 figures. I will only have the meagre respite of employment insurance. The little bit of savings I do have will be used to get myself and my belongings home.
Should I call my lawyer asap and tell him to delay everything until I return home? There is no point in continueing with negotiation regarding many issues as the entire circumstances will soon change. Will the judge impute my salary from this job ? The whole divorce will no longer be about ex trying to get money from me....I suppose...I hope to just concentrate on the access and custody issue. I have no idea what will happen now. I am truly terrified....I don't know what to expect.
Thre are a couple of bright lights to be seen here, though. I can fight to SEE my son now instead of just telephone access. And, I no longer have to live and work in this godforsaken place! Honestly, in some ways I feel it's a blessing in disguise.
Thanks for listening all.
GDGM
I went back to work after my appointment and was called into my supervisors office for a meeting. I was told that I had the right to union representation. Okay, red flag. I contacted my union rep and he attended the meeting with me and at that time I was informed that " due to no fault of your own" you are being dismissed from your job. ( I don't even know what this means other than that I am "dismissed")
The union rep and I left and very little was said....I was simply shocked and I've never even received any disciplinary action previous to this. To make a long story short, the union rep that was with me came with me to my office and immediately called the Union president. According to him, proper protocol has glaringly NOT been followed and he feels that this will require more than just a grievance...and they are going to spend the weekend preparing for monday and for using a union lawyer to file against the GN for wrongful dismissal.
In any event, I am a beaten man today. It has been the most demoralizing and confusing day of my life...and it's time to go home. I wouldn't have been able to stand much more of this anyways. Working for the gov of Nunavut is like being in a concentration camp....but I was here for the big bucks.
I will be leaving in about two weeks to return home. And now I wonder how this will affect my divorce. Obviously I will no longer have an income of close to 6 figures. I will only have the meagre respite of employment insurance. The little bit of savings I do have will be used to get myself and my belongings home.
Should I call my lawyer asap and tell him to delay everything until I return home? There is no point in continueing with negotiation regarding many issues as the entire circumstances will soon change. Will the judge impute my salary from this job ? The whole divorce will no longer be about ex trying to get money from me....I suppose...I hope to just concentrate on the access and custody issue. I have no idea what will happen now. I am truly terrified....I don't know what to expect.
Thre are a couple of bright lights to be seen here, though. I can fight to SEE my son now instead of just telephone access. And, I no longer have to live and work in this godforsaken place! Honestly, in some ways I feel it's a blessing in disguise.
Thanks for listening all.
GDGM
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