What exactly does a welfare check mean?
My (former) employer apparently sent the police to do a welfare check after letting me go a few days ago. My former employer and I did not see eye to eye very well, and my former boss and HR department were well aware on the amount of stress and anxiety my job put me through, to the point I'd have regular nightmares about my workplace. I was let go for reasons involving anger issues and bad attitude.
The officer was kind, and asked "you gonna kill yourself or anything" and I said no, and he asked if I had another job lined up to which I responded also with no.
There was something he mentioned about "leaving comments" which is probably referring to the regular notes I left in my former workplace's suggestion box about how much favoritism there was rampant in the workplace, how much stress was being caused, and again regular nightmares. However, those are supposed to be anonymous. I guess not many people were complaining about having nightmares about this job, lol.
Anyway, am I going to be like, watched now? Am I supposed to be extra paranoid now? I don't plan on killing myself, I actually am taking steps to evaluate my medication and try to help myself while looking for a new job. But are the police going to constantly check on me to see if I've killed myself frequently in the future? I'd rather my neighbors not think I'm crazy with an officer coming to knock on my door to see if I've offed myself.
Again, the officer was polite, and left after a brief conversation. I was more confused than anything but kept a positive demeanor.