Author: Olivia

Make up your mind. Do you want me to come in sick or not? Every day is busy and we never have enough staff that it's a “good time” to call in. I even arranged a cover for myself, and then it's also my fault that the boss let that person come in an hour and a half later than she should've. No more favors for these mofos, I suddenly value my time off much more.

I (28f) have moderate hearing loss. I wear hearing aids but even with them in, sometimes I have a hard time hearing lower tones, such as men’s voices. I worked for a small family owned pharmacy as a staff pharmacist. The owner was…. A Karen to say the least. She was always very negative and berated and put down her employees, even for the tiniest of mistakes. About a week ago, we had a very nice gentleman come into the pharmacy and he had a very deep voice. I was the only pharmacist working besides the owner, but she was busy at the time. I help the customer but can’t quite discern what he’s saying. I apologize profusely and explain my hearing loss, and asked him to write his name and date of birth down so I could further assist him. He was super understanding and very pleasant. My boss…

Got an offer for a new job, was told it was 20.41/hr to start. Even says it in my offer letter. Noticed a correction added on my time card account from the manager, changing my pay to minimum wage.

Yesterday I fell ill, told manager and she said “it’s ok, rest up blah blah.. oh and I need you on tomorrow, you’re the senior on closing.” Ok.. I’ll see how I feel. Surprise. I still feel shit. Went to the doctors this morning before my shift, she said if I was feeling crap she could issue one for today. I meant to get a medical certificate for the yesterday on that day, since doctors can’t give them out for previous days. I’m going to the pharmacy to get one for yesterday. I’m just nervous to hand it in, she says she needs me on tonight but I feel like crap. This is a fairly new job, about a month in. I’ve already taken two days off. I don’t want to let my manager down, how do I approach the situation?