It’s genuinely too hot in my office. How to frame complaint about unsafe temperatures and medication?
My workplace is reaching 87° in some parts of the office. I’m on IR amphetamine salts and ambient indoor temperatures higher than 75° are unsafe because of increased cardiovascular risk. I’m still kind of new, but one of the managers joked that I should faint so we can go home. The problem is that the maintaince guy for the office park is off today, so there’s no guarantee the AC can be turned on/fixed. But I do feel more thirsty than usual, and I’m peeing all the time, and I think I can feel the extra stress on my circulatory system. It’s noon now, so as we get into the heat of the day, how should I go about it? All the middle managers and the CEO know it’s hot and there’s not really much any of us can do about it since it’s a maintenance issue. Some other offices in the building (in our same org) have working AC, but it’s a space issue if we all try to crowd in there.
edit: i’m gonna add that i’m not worried about literally dying, but wondering if the discomfort is worth trying to get us (or me at least) sent home for. additional context is that i have a hereditary metabolic/blood disorder already, and my thermoregulation is warped as i’m always too cold. so for me to be feeling hot means my body really is under heat stress