For a North Dakota spouse, divorce is almost every bit as stressful as the death of a loved one. Emotional trauma may overtake other aspects of one’s life such as work or interpersonal relationships. When it comes to a job, this can get an employee in trouble with their boss and endanger their position.
An individual should reach out to their boss, even if they do not have a personal relationship. The supervisor needs to know the reason for their employee’s declining performance, and an advance conversation could place everything in context. However, one should not go looking to too many coworkers for support, especially those whom they do not trust. The office rumor mill can be unforgiving, and a person does not want to find their personal business spread around the entire office. Thus, it is best to be selective about trusting people with private details.
Work performance does not have to decline during the divorce. A person can be understanding and forgiving, and that will help ease their emotional burden. Moving on with life is the best way to keep up everywhere else, especially at work. However, where a person needs to be cautious is when they turn to work to fill a hole in their life. Becoming a workaholic merely makes work an addiction that is used to numb the pain of the divorce, and it is dangerous for long-term recovery from the divorce.
Of course, the less an individual has on their plate, the more they are freed up to focus on themselves and their job. Allowing a family law attorney to handle the details may reduce the stress of the divorce. Removing oneself from the day-to-day legal issues might hasten the time it takes to forgive an ex-spouse. Otherwise, legal minutiae could contribute to the emotional upheaval that a person is experiencing throughout the divorce process.