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Coming Back From Leave

A team member returns after eight weeks out and is clearly not okay.

Your objective

Make it genuinely safe to be honest, and adjust scope without making him feel reduced.

What you know going in

  • Tomás was out for eight weeks on medical leave.
  • His project work was reallocated to two other engineers.
  • Nobody has asked him how he is actually doing.
  • In his first week back he worked two late nights.
TH

Tomás Herrera

Senior Engineer

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Tomás Herrera

Good to be back. I've read the threads — I think I'm mostly up to speed.

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