COVID-19 outbreaks and scares, witnessing colleagues getting sick, daily stress and constant policy changes. She showed up until she couldn’t.
She’s now off on stress leave without pay.“I’ve been doing this type of work for a very long time, but this whole pandemic and this whole situation has just really broke me.”On her lunch breaks, she’d lock herself in her car, take her mask off and break into tears.
One day, she says she just snapped and walked out.“I left there in such a state I couldn’t even drive my car,” she says. “I couldn’t take it anymore.
I had to get away.”Now, she says she doesn’t think she’ll return to the job she once loved and dedicated her life to.Global News spoke with other PSWs who said they are experiencing anxiety.