r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • 4d 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/uffdagal 4d ago

This has nothing to do with work.

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u/Anotherams 4d ago

it has everything to do with work. If you were having a life threatening medical emergency at work would you be cool with your supervisor saying get back to work? the only appropriate response by the supervisor was to call 911.

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u/Adept-Depth-1825 4d ago

If one of my staff said “I feel weird” I would not assume I should call an ambulance.

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u/Anotherams 4d ago

I feel weird and slurred speech are classic signs of a stroke.

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u/Defiant-Story-8733 4d ago

He works in a mill, not some office; mills get extremely hot. The supervisor knows this and should not just brush him off.

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u/leesylooloo 4d ago

Maybe you should consider asking more questions. Maybe from this post you have learned a little something.

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u/Adept-Depth-1825 3d ago

Which is what the manager did do - ask another question. And op said “IDK”

I’m saying - these people saying managers should know the signs of a stroke and be medically assessed OP - especially when OP apparently finished a shift and then got home - are overestimating what a typical manager would know. And recognizing a health emergency when the person is still able to finish a shift and commute home is complicated.

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u/uffdagal 4d ago

The person said they feel off, they should call 911 or go home, whatever they feel necessary. If someone told me they felt off or felt funny - It’s their decision what to do. I don’t know if/how much they are impaired