I’m going to keep this as short as I possibly can. I’ve been working for one of the largest companies (fame/infamy wise at the very least) in the United States for just over six months now. At first, I loved it. It was a job I had hoped for for a very long time and I was so excited for the opportunity. But slowly, the wool got pulled from out my eyes and I started to see it for what it really was. But I have a family. So I decided I would grin and bear it until I could move departments or a better opportunity came along.
And then my partner had a miscarriage. We were very excited to grow our family even further and my partner made the choice that we were going to see it through, so it was a very hard loss for us. The company seemed very understanding at first. Gave me time I needed to get everything in order and take care of my partner. Even “allowed” me a paid LOA to grieve myself. And then I returned and within the first ten minutes of me being back, my supervisor made a very pointed comment about how they lost a very dear member of their family a week before they started at the company and how we needed to get our priorities together and remember that we do the job we do for our families.
Then, I learned they made the decision to switch me to nights temporarily due to the company’s production needs. My partner is still recovering from her surgery and the only reason I returned to work in the first place as quickly as I did was because I didn’t believe I had qualified for family medical leave benefits. I was right. We have two young kids who require extra attention on top of this, and it is not possible for me to work nights at this time and still manage my responsibilities to my family as well as providing my partner the rest she is medically required to be receiving right now.
So I made this known. They responded by telling me to get in contact with HR and try to apply for family medical leave. Again. I am not eligible. After bringing this up to my immediate supervisor, I was then ghosted and have not been given any further help or instruction on what I am to do. Because of this, I am just showing up to my regularly scheduled shift. If anything comes of it, I have a letter of resignation ready to go, but I can’t really afford to leave. We barely make it by as is. But I also cannot work the shift they are trying to thrust upon me for the aforementioned reasons. What the fuck am I supposed to do?