I’m just wondering how common it is that someone has been given grief or treated like sh*t at their jobs because they had a family/personal emergency, such as a death or serious illness, etc that caused them to have to take some time off.
A year ago I suffered a miscarriage & when I went to call my boss to let them know that I would have to miss the rest of my shift, they actually said to me, “Is this about the whole miscarriage thing? What? You’re not DONE YET?!?” And then when I returned to work I had learned that it was rumored that I had made up being pregnant & was faking a miscarriage & that this rumor was started by my boss & a favored employee of their’s. To top it all off, when a co-worker had went to our boss to complain about inappropriate comments made by that favored employee in reference to my miscarriage, such as, “I hope her baby dies, she can’t afford a kid.”, this co-worker instead left our boss’s office w/the write up, not the jerk that said the comment.
Also, a co-worker of mine who has a daughter w/special needs had missed some time here & there because of their daughter’s illness, but over all had still maintain steady attendance. She had put in for some time off because her daughter needed a surgery that would help remedy many of the problems her illness was causing. Anyway, about a week before she was due to take that time off, she was given a write up & told that if she took anymore time off of work (including the already approved time off) that she would be fired. If that isn’t an obvious direct violation of the FMLA, I don’t know what is.
Anyway, what’s YOUR work horror story? LOL
2006-06-06 16:56:43 · 3 answers · asked by Wild Rose 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
well i had it with work and school, when i was a freshman my dad was dying from cancer and i had to fly to go see him and one of my teachers said im sure you can wait till the end of the year its not like hes going to die tomorrow.also at work i had an aunt die in the beginning of the month and an uncle die at the end of the month and my boss said wow your family is just dropping like flys and im sure its not because of the warm weather.
2006-06-06 17:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by jessica 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I feel so bad for you. You shouldn't have to put up with that crap. I always kind of feel bad for myself because i'm the only girl in a pretty rough meat market, but at least i get along with everybody there. I hope it gets better for you soon...
2006-06-06 17:01:40 · answer #2 · answered by Just Gone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wont get into the story but I will say that no one deserves to be treated that way and I quit
2006-06-16 12:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by bigjimmyguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋