So I’ve been in a post-grad program for almost 2 years and it wasn’t a secret at my job that I’d be leaving at the end of it once I was getting ready for my board exam and to get a job in my new field. I gave my notice on Friday and my boss just took it and said “okay, thanks.” A little anticlimactic- I was expecting a tantrum from administration, given how short staffed we are. But, I will say I’m happy to be getting out of there.
Your boss gets paid to do it. It’s in the employee handbook. Also, do they pay a part of your phone bill? Do you have access to a company phone? If they would clock you in, could you tell them you’ll do it when you get back to site? What if you get injured while calling your fill in? What if you get injured, then initiated the conversation about filling in, then claiming the injury happened on the clock? Infinite free catastrophic insurance hack?
was reading this sub and remembered the time when the full-scale war in Ukraine just started (my home country) and I tried to call in to my minimum wage job sadly I don’t have the screenshot of the message before the first one when I notified her my family has woken up from the explosions and were unable to find shelter
Maybe being fired gave him a better insight on reality.
My dad held exactly two jobs as an adult. He served 22 years in the military and then another 40+ years at IBM. In the mid-70s, my dad hurt his back while on vacation and pinched a nerve, which required surgery. He was off work for a year and a half. IBM kept him on at full salary the entire time. When he came back, he couldn't do his old job because he lost dexterity in one of his hands because of the surgery. IBM out him at a lesser job, but kept him at his usual higher pay. In 1986, my oldest brother died from cancer. He was 28 and since my dad was an atomic vet, he felt responsible. He started drinking heavily and started missing work. IBM knew what was going on and cut him major slack. Instead of firing my dad, which is what would happen…
I work in IT support for the company on question, not customer facing at all. So yes, I'll be polite and possibly point you in the right direction (that being said it's a multi building campus and I don't always know where particular items will be sold) or at least find you a Customer Service person. But this “lady”….damn…literally couldn't handle the fact that I was elbow deep in a printer and PC that some little bastard kid (Karen-lite) had spilled some sort of thick liquid on and I was trying to salvage the machines and didn't have time to help her find some specific brand of what-the-F-ever it was she wanted. I guess, even after my polite “Sorry ma'am I work in IT let me (drop f-ing everything I'm doing) find you someone that can assist you”. It had to be me. Now. Like RIGHT Now.And I was, as…