I have a really convoluted work schedule to accomodate all my therapy. I'm in group addictions therapy Mon. afternoons and Tues Mornings, see my regular T Tues at 5:40 and it's an hours drive from work. See my pdoc mid morning once a month, and have to leave early on Fri's so I can get to my volunteer job.

The solution - Radical flex time. I work 7 - 12 Mon mornings, 11 - 4:30 on Tues. 8 - 6 Wed. and Thurs. and 7:30 - 4:30 on Fri.'s. I negotiated all of this with the job when I started. Since then we've had an entirely new management team come in, and the managing director really doesn't like my flex time arrangement, but when my new boss was hired I just handed him my schedule, and said "this is when I'll be in". Since I always meet all my deadlines, there's not much he can say about it, and it's actually an advantage to the company that I'm in early a few mornings a week since I deal constantly with Germany and the early start gives me a few more hours when they're in the office. I did finally have to disclose that I needed the time off for mental health issues, but I was lucky and he was good with it.

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