Sadly the rest of the company is decent. If I had been able to transfer over to that other area, I would probably be just fine. I have to deal with the people there on occasion and we get along well. In fact I mentioned to one person I was consdering applying (before I found out it was office-based) and he said I'd be more than welcome!

But, she's not going anywhere, that is clear. She misses so much work that they won't promote her. At the same time, firing people for cause in this country is tough, so they'd probably end up paying severance, which is a lot, since she's been there forever. Of course, she's not going to go to another job since she'd probably get fired in her probationary time for taking a lot of time off.

Some days I hope she just puts me out of my misery and fires me with severance. I'd have some months' salary to regroup and figure out where to go from there.