So I started on the 12th of July this year at a powdered Metals factory operating furnaces to turn the pressed material into hard metal. It was a job I had worked before but went back to it because I now lived next to it and new owners took it over fixing a lot of issues that were there before. Since I worked there when it was harder, my production was off the charts, my manager even pulled me aside one morning and asked if I was putting in my parts ran correctly (we do manual time tickets) because I was hitting over production while others on other shifts were missing production by 2 to 4 hours in an 8 hour shift. Well, beginning of August I came down with Pneumonia and a sinus infection, with no insurance I was stuck getting the bare minimum from the Dr. Office which included antibiotics and an inhaler the doctor gave me for free. I kept trying to go into work, but when I went it would become extremely hard to breathe, my vision would blur, and I would be on the verge of passing out. After trying to push through I decided it was best to take some days off to get better. I went back in last night, and it was the worst it had been, to the point that I did actually pass out for a few minutes in the break room, so I went home. I got a call today that I was going to be fired because I had missed too much work. I told them it was because I was really sick and explained what was happening and the response I got was “Well thats what the points are for. If you get sick, miss a day to get better then come back.”
Fuck that thinking and fuck any company AND workers that encourages that sort of thinking. Put your personal health before a company's wealth.