Sarah Barley-McMullen says she felt unable to stay in her post as a senior academic as her employers were unwilling to accommodate her needs
ong Covid has had an emotional, social, physical and professional impact on me,” says Sarah Barley-McMullen, 53, who felt forced to leave a job she loved, as a senior academic, when she was unable to negotiate a manageable working pattern.
“I was off work for 10 months – but I was desperate to get back to doing the job I loved,” she says. “I went back to work in November 2021. At first, work were supportive and I was allowed to come back on a phased return, doing a set number of hours each week. By Christmas, I’d managed to get up to doing about three days’ work over five days.”
“I was then told that my team was being restructured and my job as a senior manager was being replaced with a higher level role,” she says. “I knew I wasn’t well enough to do that and asked whether my role could stay at the same level. I was told, ‘maybe you need to ask yourself whether you are well enough to stay’. It was a shock, and I felt pushed out.”Photograph: Sarah Barley-McMullen
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