I work as a direct support professional. I have been with the same company for over a year. After 90 days, we are supposed to take a med certification class (employees of the company do the training in house). This class was never offered to me. When I asked about it I was told by my manager, “it would be too hard to schedule a time to do it because you’re so busy”. I’m currently getting a bachelors degree that requires 40 hour clinical weeks. On my clinical weeks, in total I work anywhere from 60-80 hours. My manager told me a few weeks ago that I had to attend a mandatory med certification class. Initially I asked if there was any other dates available to take the class. She told me no. The class starts at 8am. I have to work until 11pm the night before. I had no issue with this. Then my manager stated I wouldn’t be getting off on time because my shift relief would be coming from another location. The drive alone from point A to B is 20 minutes. I also live 30 minutes away. This means I won’t be getting home until midnight. The girl who is my relief (super sweet girl) is already working a 9 hour shift. I expressed concern about the girl potentially being late due to several factors. My manager didn’t try to hear me out. So if this girl is over 20 minutes late, am I not justified in not going to the class?