As you see, it's a long time since I posted here. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge which partly has been covered in other posts. Now my son lives in an apartment nearby and I see him more regulary (to pick up his laundry ;-) which excuse I enjoy).
One thing which I hadn't appreciated when he was living away from home originally, is that he had a significant difficulty with punctuality at work. Apart from late nights and other juvenile reasons, it slowly dawned on him that his dyslexia might be a contributory factor and he began to mention this at work, but a very large global company is not interested, and has slowly screwed him down through their disciplinary procedure. By late for work, I mean... late by a minute or two. What is confusing to him is that even if he leaves home at the same time every day and follows the same route, the journey time can vary by 10 minutes. If you imagine what it is to lose track in between every task, every day when getting ready to leave, you can see that this difficulty is beyond Garfield's famous observation 'I don't do mornings'. He doesn't get paid for the times he's early, and this fact is a large irritation to the literalism of a dyslexic.
Some weeks ago, his employer issued a final warning, against which he appealed, and which Appeal they rejected. At the time, he had not been assessed for his dyslexia for some time (because it's very expensive) but we pulled it together a month ago. However, the person who gave feedback was completely unsympathetic to his motor difficulties, and now we need to seek a medical assessment to refine the meaning of the findings even further.
About ten days ago, he was given notice to attend another meeting which is this week (Wednesday I think) and he fully expects to be given notice to quit. He has been under huge stress these last two years as they have steadily harassed him more and more through the disciplinary system, and I think he would be glad to go. But, he's worked there four years and they can also refuse to give a reference. Even choosing to take time off because of the stress causes its own difficulties because this firm don't seem to follow the normal sick-pay provision an employee might reaonably expect.
Thus, for those who ever had him on their hearts, I bring this to your attention, that he might be supported through the next few weeks.
He is eminently employable, as he's had good training, but he doesn't want to find himself in the pincers of another employer's disciplinary procedures.
One last comment... he tells me he comes on SI sometimes although he is still giving much opposition to the fact of God's existence. I've been able to pray for him more in these last months than I was when I opened this thread. If you decide to post, please be discreet and thank you for your prayers.
