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173. I had worked for thirty years in both small and big companies, since I did my first student holiday jobs at the age of sixteen, and I never had to go through anything like I had to go through at GVC/bwin. After Dr Fitzpatrick diagnosed me with “stress related anxiety” he also prescribed sleeping pills Xanax. The second time I met Dr Fitzpatrick, after the end of the first sick note expiry date, I explained that I did not take the pills and that I actually never bought them. The pills actually scared me as I had read so many stories about people getting addicted or committing suicide with pills. I did not want to go down that road but was scared that it could happen. I don't remember if it was during this first or the second meeting that I mentioned to Dr Fitzpatrick that what helped me most was my voluntary work in the Nature Reserve. I explained to him that I spent a few hours per day doing manual labour removing invasive plants at Europa Point. Simple repetitive work but at least it made me forget the work issues and clear my mind. I pointed out that I was sure that this voluntary work prevented me from going entirely insane. I remember that Dr Fitzpatrick advised me to keep doing this as it would help me to cure the “stress related anxiety” I was suffering and so I followed his advice. This indeed improved my peace of mind somewhat. My voluntary work at Europa Foreshore was the only thing in my life those days that made me feel useful. I handed the sick note in at HR as I did not have the courage anymore to hand it in at my own department for fear of bumping into one of the bullies. HR promised they would inform my department. I had the opportunity to speak shortly to Danielle Wood, who told me that she was very busy, and I showed her my shaking hands and explained to her my other symptoms. Danielle Wood then advised me to start to do yoga to help me to better cope with the results of bullying. This left me flabbergasted as instead of coming up with a solution to stop the bullying, she just wanted me to be able to better deal with it. When she saw the startled look on my face, she again said that she was very busy and I left with the impression that she was not really interested and that she was annoyed that I had come to talk to her. I still saw Danielle Wood as my confidence person in the company, what made her way of treating me extra disappointing, even painful. 174. On 14 March 2018, the third day on sick leave for stress related anxiety, Noemie Levy sent me an email to inform me that Stefan Kalcher, the manager for the Business Analyst role, wanted to do the testing for the Business Analyst vacancy that week or the following week. I agreed on Friday 16th March 2018 at 14h00 for the testing. There were then some |
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