I’m of two minds about this (no pun intended) because I had a series of write ups before I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 last year that I too felt we’re super unjust at the time.

This may sound rude, but it’s not, I’m honestly asking. When you told your manager about your diagnosis, what were you trying to accomplish? Typically when you disclose an illness, it’s because you’re seeking some kind of work accommodation. I’m assuming you disclosed your diagnosis to your manager as a way to explain the “bad attitude” they said they’d seen before, and with the expectation that they may let future minor indiscretions slide because of your disclosure. Does this sound right? Because that was my thought process when I considered disclosing my diagnosis to my manager.

But I know how I was acting before I was diagnosed and before I started getting treatment. There’s no reasonable accommodation for that besides allowing me to call out of work, which I already had the ability to do. And while your diagnosis gives you some protection, it’s not a coverall. Your manager can’t separate you because you have bipolar disorder, but they can separate if you’re coming into work and treating your customers and coworkers badly as a result of your bipolar disorder. I’m curious about the way it’s worded in your notice of separation, because it sounds like they made sure to word it in such a way that may give them some protections.

Did you go to corporate about accommodations or did you only disclose to your SM? Did you document and report when your manager made disparaging comments about your diagnosis after they were aware?

At the end of the day, there’s no harm in contacting Ethics & Compliance. You could also try posting in r/legaladvice. They may be able to give you better advice.

Call corporate, you may be able to get reinstated. Maybe ask to speak to an accommodations specialist.

Unfortunately as soon as your manager knew of your condition and if they thought it was interfering with your work they should’ve initiated the accommodations process which might’ve included something like transferring to a slower less stressful store that didn’t have an incompetent asshole as a manager

Everybody else already said things that I would suggest, so I just want to wish you luck! Hopefully it turns out all right for you

Call partner resources and ethics and compliance, get a lawyer.

I'm surprised that your SM actually wrote "bipoliar" in your separation paperwork, that gives you a lot more leverage in this situation than if your SM just wrote about attitude or specific incidents. That's actually admitting that they're firing you because of a recognized disorder that qualifies you for protection under the ADA.

You can try contacting your local disability rights advocates (ex: in my area it’s called Disability Rights Ohio) for a consult. I don’t think they can name a disorder or disability as a reason on their documentation. I’m sorry this happened to you. It shouldn’t have. I would also recommend calling HR, there should be someone who serve as an ADA compliance or Disability compliance in a company that large.

Source: I worked in a disability compliance office for a large organization

Yeah call corporate immediately and they should file a complaint and an investigation might open up. Depending on how shitty your DM is don’t even bother talking to them just call corporate

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