It might be useful to think about the first week semesters or years this might not be too big support network and try to get on friendly – of work in light of your decision to disclose of a challenge. If you have disclosed, you may terms with other staff members who seem your illness or keep it to yourself. If you be wary of people making comments about understanding or have a lot in common haven’t disclosed, you’ll start work through your illness and you might get told that your with you. whatever induction process is in place. role has been modified or can be modified Your manager will probably go easy on you You won’t be given special treatment or to suit your strengths. Remember, you have in the couple of days but this could assistance from occupational health and landed that job because of your skills and vary across trades and professions. If you get safety staff. You might be a bit on edge strengths we you should focus – stressed out or symptomatic, we think you here because you could need a cover story on them. should do your best to stay at work. for your condition. Perhaps the most important to do in Try your best not to miss a day in your first If you have a history of missing work or your first week is to stay well. All the week. If it all gets too much, go outside for a patchy work record you might need an stimulation and new contacts and tasks are a walk or tell your manager that you’re getting explanation for the time you’ve had out. probably going to be taxing on your system. a bit overloaded with new information. They’ll If you’ve never had your progress interrupted We suggest that you remember the stress probably be understanding if they see you by your illness if you’ve gone straight through – relief tips from pages 34–35 of this resource. doing your best to stay on task. Remember tertiary studies, for instance, without missing We suggest that you make good use of your that it’s okay to muddle through and make
It might be useful to think about the first week of work in light of your decision to disclose your illness or keep it to yourself. If you haven’t disclosed, you’ll start work through whatever induction process is in place. You won’t be given special treatment or assistance from occupational health and safety staff. You might be a bit on edge here because you could need a cover story for your condition. If you have a history of missing work or a patchy work record you might need an explanation for the time you’ve had out. If you’ve never had your progress interrupted by your illness – if you’ve gone straight through tertiary studies, for instance, without missing semesters or years – this might not be too big of a challenge. If you have disclosed, you may be wary of people making comments about your illness and you might get told that your role has been modified or can be modified to suit your strengths. Remember, you have landed that job because of your skills and strengths – we you should focus on them. Perhaps the most important to do in your first week is to stay well. All the stimulation and new contacts and tasks are probably going to be taxing on your system. We suggest that you remember the stress relief tips from pages 34–35 of this resource. We suggest that you make good use of your support network and try to get on friendly terms with other staff members who seem understanding or have a lot in common with you. Your manager will probably go easy on you in the couple of days but this could vary across trades and professions. If you get stressed out or symptomatic, we think you should do your best to stay at work. Try your best not to miss a day in your first week. If it all gets too much, go outside for a walk or tell your manager that you’re getting a bit overloaded with new information. They’ll probably be understanding if they see you doing your best to stay on task. Remember that it’s okay to muddle through and make
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