I'm not ready to go back to school yet..... however the sooner we get back to school the sooner my WDW trip will get here!!!
(I'm missing one day of work/school -- but hey- I have 67 sick days and 15 PB days sitting in the "bank")
Okay - I need to get a job like you! I have lousy sick days. I get 5 per year - BUT they have to be used consecutively! In other words, I can't call out sick one day and get paid for it. And if we're out three days we need a doctor's note!
And I'm gonna throw this out there to see what you all think and see if I'm wrong in how I'm feeling right now....
Okay - we don't get sick days so if I call in I'm losing a day of pay. So, naturally, I'm not going to call in unless I really have to.
I only called in once last year, about 6 weeks ago. I called in because I had a migraine. I still got 6 calls that day from the co-manager and the store manager asking me how to do something or what they should do about a situation even though I was in bed with a migraine.
So, I called in New Years Day. I called in at 6:30. I was to be in at 8:30. They (the other managers) all knew that DH and two of our boys had been sick. They all knew how BAD this stomach bug going around is! They all know that I don't drink so they know I wouldn't be calling in from partying too much! So I get the manager on the phone and he says, "Have you gotten anyone to cover your shift." I told him no, that I was on the bathroom floor calling him and it was a little hard for me to find someone when I was throwing up! He then says, "Well contrary to your belief XXX (the co-manager) and I have our own jobs to do and I don't have time to do yours as well. Not to mention that the district manager told me I can leave early today since I had to work on my day off yesterday because it was New Years Eve! So, you'll have to find someone to cover your shift."
I hung up on him! I texted someone and luckily she went in for me. But I literally was on my back on the floor of the bathroom trying to text back and forth with her.
I called him back and just told him someone was coming in for me. Then he was all sweet and told me he hoped I felt better soon. Then he asked me a question about the returned checks we have. He just doesn't understand! I told him I couldn't deal with ANYTHING and I would take care of it Monday.
Finding someone to cover your shift isn't store policy. My cashiers call in all the time and I'm stuck finding a replacement for them. Or the bookkeeper on duty has to find a replacement. But we never expect someone who is sick to have to cover their shift. Now if they decide they just want a day off that they're already scheduled for, that's a different story, and then they're responsible for getting it covered. But others in the store aren't responsible for covering their shifts when they're sick, why should I be?
Am I wrong to feel the way I do? If I made it a habit to call in or if I was one of those people who was always out the door at my scheduled quitting time maybe it would be different. But I always stay late, I bring stuff home, heck - I even let him use my credit card to order his wife's Christmas present AND let him have it shipped to my house so his wife would be surprised! I go out of my way for him AND the store! I get calls day and night from the store. It just really has me upset and I'm ready to leave. But unfortunately there's not much else out there right now.
This has really been eating at me since Thursday morning. It's really going to be hard for me to go back to work Monday and feel like I used to about my job. He and I had it out about two months ago and one of the things that he said was that I was "too nice." That I was too nice to my employees and I tried to hard to schedule around what they wanted or needed. Well, I would much rather be too nice than be an inconsiderate, nasty, "x@#&" like he is!
Thanks for letting me vent!
Hopefully it will be warmer than 20 degrees
I have to remember to be careful on FB since DH is on their too and so are the girls I am going with 
That's what I worry about 
