I got awful news that my birthday (yesterday) was the day my aunt died. Someone who I only got to see once but a memory I'll always cherish. I was mid shift and it was like the world stopped. I sat there in my desk and stared at the screen in silence. Absolutely stunned that she passed away from a heart attack.
So I say in the meeting chat “brb” and went to cry it out on my porch. I got my bearings and went to my trainer and said: “Hey. My aunt died. I just found out.”
In short, 4 important people got word very quickly that I lost my aunt. That I needed time to get my head straight and focus back on work. The most they can do for me today is tell me to turn my camera off.
Then my supervisor called. And wow was that a conversation.
First she linked me to my job's grief counseling number and I can get up to 10 free sessions!
But since it's my Aunt, I'd have to call out of my work shift. I opened the policy and my mouth went agape.
I only get unpaid time off for bereavement leave for my PARENTS. That's it.
So I said sternly that I'd be calling out. Then I was warned about my 90 day training period and that if I did this I'd be written up. (I was late once so it holds up in attendance.)
TL;DR threatened for a write up because my aunt died and I want to go to her funeral