Professor told me today that his immediate manager has put 'needs to exercise more' on his personal development plan. Apparently his days off - which his manager believes are excessive - are because he is unfit and needs to exercise more.

Now, apart from points like 1) He works overtime almost every night due to unworkable timelines on the managers part, which has been brought up time and again; 2) He has told them about me and my current insanity, and 3) His last few days off, over a period of months mind you, have been for gastro, severe bronchitis, and 1 day he spent at the hospital with me after a suicide attempt. Can his manager even DO that, require that he exercise as part of his professional development plan?!

This has gotten me so angry. Professor actually DOES exercise most days on the treadmill, which obviously this guy hasn't asked or he'd know. Even so, he has to take it fairly slowly, having had a back injury and 2 knee operations. But seriously, what does exercise have to do with being a draftsman?!

So yeah, would like to know from someone in HR, what would likely happen if Professor were to object to this part of his 'professional development'?