I work in a small medical practice. It is the Doctor, a medical assistant and myself (also a medical assistant) however I have been in the field longer so I do more functions than my coworker, but I can do 100% of his job. While he can only do 70% of mine. I also know due to a payroll error he makes several dollars more an hour than me.
My coworker’s gf gave birth in December and recently told my boss (the doctor) that he would be applying for PFL to bond with his baby. While I 100% think he deserves and should have this time I am in an absolute panic.
I told my boss when he told me this that he better get someone else in here to help me then. My boss said that it would just be a few days here and there.
I cannot do this. My coworker took two consecutive weeks off for the death of his father and two consecutive weeks off for the birth of his child. again I think he deserves and should have all the time off he wants or needs.
Frankly, I am still recovering from those weeks off he had. I literally cried on my drive to and from work during those weeks.
Most of all, this is unsafe for patients. We are administering treatments and I can’t be in four places at once.
My boss is frugal. Fights with me about air conditioning and unplugs all appliances at the end of the day frugal. While, that’s really not my business other than the fact that I’m sweating- I know in my heart he is going to do the most inexpensive thing.
I’m trying to move out of state soon so I don’t want to get a new job and then leave it in two months. But I don’t know my exact moving time yet due to finances.