I called in to work yesterday. For every day you miss or are late you are given a “point”. 4 points is a write up. I had worked an extra day this week and called off on a day where it affected nothing as there was enough coverage. I had personal reasons to need work off.
I tried to drop my shift on our scheduling app the night before my shift, because if it gets manager approval I wouldn't have gotten a point. But it was ignored so I texted my manager and asked him to approve it and he didn't reply so I called and that made it a call out. He starts asking me how many days I've missed and this has to be 4. I don't keep track so I just said I don't know. When I call out it's because I'm sick. I've come to work sick as dog before and my manager knows that. One time I was late because working late, commute times, and working early the next day gave me 4 hours of sleep and I slept passed my alarm. I had told my manager I was barely going to get any sleep if they kept the schedule as is those days and he didn't care.
On the phone when I was calling out yesterday he said he'd look it up if I've missed 4 days, took my reason for calling out and of course had the “it's your funeral” tone of voice.
I texted my manager and told him to tell me the dates he is referring to for the points he's tallied against me and to just tell me straight up if he is going to write me up. I don't really care if I get written up and it won't stop me from calling in if I really need to. I think this manager has been waiting for a chance to write someone up. I missed work for a doctor's appointment and he asked for a doctor's note in an accusing way, as if he was going to catch me in a lie. People have been calling in a lot because we are understaffed and people are tired. However no one has gotten in trouble for calling out yet. It's time to set an example.
Does it really matter if I get written up? What are other people's experience with stuff like this? I'm worried this will open the door for him to use my attendance against me and to be up my ass