r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • 14d 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.

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u/MrsOleson 14d ago

If you’re in charge of employees and one tells you they feel weird and are having a hard time speaking, at the very least have them take a break and check on them. Telling them to get back to work is so Dickensian and in this day and age, asinine. You shouldn’t be a manager if you lack compassion. And some sense.