Originally Posted by
keiko
Apparently "that's how it works at every job" according to my manager, excuse me, FORMER manager.
I texted him this morning to let him know that I'm too sick to come in to work. I would have called but one of my symptoms of being sick is that breathing makes it feel like my throat is being ripped out. My throat hurts too much to scream obscenities at the fucker.
The really fucked up part? Monday I worked a double filling in for a girl who didn't call and didn't show... because she was sick. She was back at work on Thursday, no ramifications. A second girl pulled the same thing Wednesday night, and a third girl came in and left again before her shift on Thursday, because she had cut her finger really bad and the wound opened up when she tried pulling her boots out of her bag.
I'm expecting a phone call next week, probably Tuesday, asking me if I can come in and work. The SOB has four shifts to try and get covered for next week, all mid shifts. Covering all of those on short notice is going to be hell on him, and he brought it on himself.
Anyone else ever heard of this "no sick days" policy? Is it just that I've been spoiled by good jobs/bosses in the past where they gave you a certain number of sick days? Ever been fired for being too sick to work?
~K
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