So yesterday we got word from a coworker(CW) that their SO tested positive for C19. Ok cool it happens. The Owner/Boss(OB) and Second in command (2IC) grumbled about him not showing up, saying he didn't test positive so there was no need for him to stay home yet.Anyway they knew for at least 5 hrs. I leave for the day.
The rest happened in this exact order from what I was told.
A half hour after I leave, CW calls 2IC and he's now testing positive too. 2IC goes home for the day, takes a nap, then calls OB at 9:30 pm to explain. Boss tells him to text me and ask if I can come at 10am and supposedly tells him that I go to bed early (we talk) so it's possible that I may be in bed. 2IC remarks that he didn't think to call me.
2IC texts me at 9:48 last night, waking me up, asking me to come in to work today at 10am. Fuck that, I leave him on read.
8:52 am I text 2IC and tell him that I was in bed when he texted and that I have prior obligations. He then tells me “Come in at 10” to which I reiterated that I have prior obligations. He gives in.
I show up to work 10 minutes before my shift starts. He greets me and sounds pissed, then says something I can't hear before telling me about CW telling him at 5:30 that he was positive. I asked “ok and?” In a “what's your point?” way and he leaves to get lunch when OB shows up.
I mentioned it to OB and she lays it all out for me and now I'm starting at 10am tomorrow and next week is up in the air. But she admits to telling him late at night to text me, KNOWING that I was likely already in bed.
I feel betrayed. Like I know I mean little or nothing, especially to 2IC, and while the benefits we have here aren't paid (we can go on our phones if work is done/periodically, things tend to be flexible, I got a raise so I'm above minimum wage till next spring, I can still take a vacation if I want even after missing 12 weeks due to surgeries within my first year if employment etc.) but COME ON!!!
2IC and I have some friction sure, and he's mad that I won't kiss his ass, but this is beyond. Like I'm livid!
Already was looking for a better job with more money or benefits but this? I'm no longer going to bust my ass for this. Consideration goes a long way, and last night? That was overstepping boundaries.
It's the first time my boss dropped the ball and another thing adding friction to me and 2IC.
Tldr: coworker and his SO test positive for C19. Instead of asking me before I left if I could come in early the next day, second in command waits to text boss/owner at 9:30 then texts me at almost 10pm, waking me up. Boss now is trying to excuse it after treating me well for 2 years.