This is a long one, apologies! So my wife had been laid off with the company I work for now, which is unfortunate. She decided to do something different and took some simple classes to get her foot in the medical field. After she started working for an Assisted Living facility which worked well with my schedule. We have a kid that isn't old enough to be left alone.
She starts work and is excited, new job, new field, she's selfless and enjoys helping people. Then she starts telling me concerning things. They weren't putting out the schedule for each week but maybe a day in advance. If she called out it was her responsibility to find coverage. They begun having mandatory meetings in the middle of the day…and she works nights. Her first week they were already calling her in on days off.
This all throws a red flag for me so I mention letting me have a “chat” with one of her 4 or 5 managers. She talks me out of it. One night she goes in and has no additional help. It's literally her and 30+ patients. She had to work in Memory Care so these patients are unstable at times. She continues working there but looking at other jobs. Then I find out she works over 40hrs with no overtime. I texted the manager on my wife's phone(pretending to be her) and ask about it. The response was something like “Well we pay for two weeks of work starting Tuesday to tuesday” or some bs. I'm baffled at this point.
Finally her usual co-worker is working one night with my wife. This person is lazy, and leaves work early every shift. Well she's also with child and that night a patient got violent and punched her in the stomach. She immediately left and quit. My wife told me what happened and quit the next day.
I've read about companies doing stuff like this but never thought it would happen so close to home. I don't know what to do at this point and I'm absolutely shocked this business is still running. I'm proud of my wife, and I feel bad for the coworker. That easily could've been someone else or worse.
TLDR; Wife's job didn't pay OT, told her she had to find coverage, mandatory meetings in the day for night shift worker, work schedule always changing with no warning, one person us responsible for 30+ patients with no help. Patient gets violent with a isolated pregnant worker. She quit and I'm happy she did.