So I work for a large manufacturing plant in my town. I have diabetes and have been struggling to find the right combination of medicine to get me stable. I started this job 7 months ago, it's decent paying and my co-workers are pretty cool. However the company has a point based penalty system.
So as said I was having issues with medications, there would be times I'd wake up very sick. Company policy is if you're sick stay home. This is all well and dandy until you run out of assigned sick time. Then every day you are out is 1 point. 5 point max. Once 5 is reached it is instant termination.
There was another post I was reading that had this point system too, curious if it's the same company or not. Either way I used up all my sick time and then some. To the point where I'm at 4 points. A lot was due to my diabetes, but I did end up catching the flu the day before Christmas eve last year.
Now as said the company policy is “if you're sick, stay home.” But that only accounts for if you have time to use. But they won't say that because then they will look like the bad guys. Instead they let you know with warnings at 2 points 3 points and 4 points as a final warning. I never got my first or second, due to me being out sick. So I only got the final warning. That if I called out one more time I would be terminated. That was a month ago, I've been forcing myself to go in even if I'm sick because I need the job to survive. I was up every day stressed that I can't be late. So I barely get any sleep at all because If i oversleep I'll lose my job. It's been wearing me down day by day.
On top of that I feel like they have put me under extra scrutiny recently, taking notes of when I take my 20 minute break. And my 10 min break. So now I just take the 20 and come back early and skip my second break. Because I don't want to give them a reason to just out right fire me for something stupid as 1 minute too long of a break.
TLDR; I need advice on if I should look for another job, because I feel like my employer is looking to fire me for any reason they can find that isn't my diabetes.
Sorry if the format is wrong I did this on my phone.