Those are six nice weeks, actually. No work and he is being weaned off work as his mainstay in life. No pressure - no worry about him losing his job which was a constant source of anxiety for me.
Back he goes to work. His confidence shot. His concentration shot. Its very sad actually.
His boss is extremely helpful and nice. Though he decides to rate him for that time he is ill which is cruel. He gets the lowest rating possible though his boss could have refused to rate him at all. My thought is he wanted someone rated low so he had someone to sacrifice to the layoff gods should his group be asked to give.
My SO thinks layoffs are imminent and with his horrible rating, starts to look to another department for employment. Believe it or not, he finds it. Another job that is totally new to him. Its somewhat related but is more technical and in a different area. So he is unfamiliar with it.
The disaster continues to unfold.
