my worker is in apparent ache, however received’t get medical remedy
A reader writes:
One in every of my workers, “Pam,” has been having pains that I received’t specify for the sake of anonymity. Her situation is degenerative however may be managed fairly efficiently by means of bodily remedy and occasional steroid injections. I fortunately made a number of doctor-recommended lodging and alterations to Pam’s workspace, on the expense of the corporate, to make the eight hours a day she spends right here extra manageable.
Pam went to a number of weeks of bodily remedy periods, however then stopped going as a result of it seems bodily remedy “isn’t actually fulfilling for me” (is it for anybody?). She additionally stopped the steroid injections, as a result of she hated ready so lengthy every time she needed to go in. She had proven marked enchancment and reduction whereas she was being handled, and our insurance coverage plan lined the remedy absolutely. All that is information that she overtly volunteered to me.
Now, for the previous three months since she stopped remedy, everybody in our workplace has been subjected to near-constant moans and groans of ache. The worst is within the morning when Pam shuffles in and groans with each step. A number of of her coworkers have come to me saying that the fixed groaning is taking a toll on individuals’s sanity.
I have no idea how one can deal with such a delicate difficulty. Pam’s resolution to not handle her very treatable medical wants is subjecting your complete firm to distress and plenty of eye-rolling.
I reply this query over at Inc. at the moment, the place I’m revisiting letters which were buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and typically updating/increasing my solutions to them). You may learn it right here.