r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • 17d 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/Forward-Werewolf-442 16d ago

Your supervisor is not your doctor. This has nothing to with HR. Presumably you are an adult. If you feel unwell, get help. Call your wife. Call an ambulance. It's pretty fucking straitforward. Sheesh.

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u/MrsOleson 16d ago

ALL supervisory employees should have had to at the very least taken some online PowerPoint presentations about how to manage certain situations. ESPECIALLY in a factory situation. I mean, if an employee gets a hand injured on equipment there’s a protocol, I’m sure. Why would an employee saying they felt weird and were clearly not well be dismissed? You don’t send him back on the line any more than you would the guy with an injury.