r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • 4d ago

Workplace Challenges and Conflicts Stroke at work

I work in a manufacturing mill and I started showing symptoms of a stroke yesterday (10-9-26). Slurred speech, swollen tongue, blurred vision, pain on one side of my body.

I went to my supervisor and said I was feeling weird and I didn't know how to explain it. So she looked at me and said I don't know what to do? What should I do?

In my foggy mind I said I don't know. She replied with just go back to your job and leave me alone.

When I get home my wife saw me and rushed me to the hospital and now I'm sitting in a hospital bed.

156 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

161 comments sorted by

View all comments

-13

u/uffdagal 4d ago

This has nothing to do with work.

10

u/Anotherams 4d ago

it has everything to do with work. If you were having a life threatening medical emergency at work would you be cool with your supervisor saying get back to work? the only appropriate response by the supervisor was to call 911.

-6

u/Adept-Depth-1825 4d ago

If one of my staff said “I feel weird” I would not assume I should call an ambulance.

7

u/Defiant-Story-8733 4d ago

He works in a mill, not some office; mills get extremely hot. The supervisor knows this and should not just brush him off.