I interviewed at a popular restaurant in my town. They seemed friendly enough, typical restaurant with high volume in a mountain town. Expectations are already low going on but banking in on the summer tourist money is always nice.
To start out telling me who they are as a business its stated that they allow time requests off for three days maximum. You can be out of work longer but you're left to coordinate any time off with coworkers after day 3.
It wasn't a long interview but they asked me to come in for a working interview (very common here) to see how I mesh with the crew and see if I like it too. I said yes while on the spot but after I got home I thought about the time off policy. I have family, friends, and a life. I have to have surgery for my endometriosis sooner rather than later and would be expected to coordinate my own two-three weeks of recovery off. I assume there are some legal rights but I also live in a “Right to Work” state so invoking any medical protection would be a headache for a part time restaurant job.
It's just wild to me that it's a policy at a long standing restaurant with long term employees. The overall attitude and approach to these things are making me go crazy.