I’m a nurse and need bereavement leave. My company policy entitles me to three shifts. I’m asking two. They’re trying to only approve one.
Just sent this email:
“Hello X,
I appreciate staffing concerns and I think I have demonstrated flexibility and teamwork for staffing in critical times on a consistent basis. I have never missed a day of work since my time of hire for any reason and pick up overtime regularly. Respectfully, though, I will not be coming to work on Sunday 1/29. Attached is my grandmother's obituary to show that the funeral is several states away and does not begin until 3pm on Saturday.
I hope I will be granted the bereavement leave I am entitled to per policy, but either way, staffing arrangements will need to be made for Sunday 1/29 as I will be unable to attend. I do not mean to be difficult and I hope you can understand.”
My original email asking for leave included a pdf of the relevant company policy.
I had to redraft this email several times to make it less aggressive. I do not want to burn bridges, but do want to make it clear that I am pissed.
Got a huge shoutout from a VIP patient today that I know my boss is aware of. They absolutely need me infinitely more than I need them. I can get another job in the next five minutes if I become so inclined.
If I didn’t care for a very vulnerable population for whom care needs to be arranged, I would have just no showed. Fuck ‘em.