I’ve been feeling down lately and just needed to vent for closure . It was my first job out of the military so for nine months I worked hard, went the extra mile everyday , and never called out. I was always praised for my exceptional patient care and I even took short lunch breaks and clocked in early. Well when my grandma fell ill with pneumonia I decided for once to be selfish with my time. I bought the plane ticket home (on the other side of the country) and told my boss afterwards . My grandma’s decline, death, and funeral all took about a month to wrap up. I , of course, did not have enough PTO for such an event, neither did my grandma qualify for FMLA despite raising me, yet somehow my absent father did (How messed up is that ?). Today I was expected to come in, my absence would be taken as MY decision to separate, and so I decided to walk away with some dignity and emailed them a letter of resignation. My grandma is dead, I am now jobless, I’m worried for my lonely mother’s well being and I feel my resume is ruined. I’m just glad I had a little something set aside in case of emergency. These companies are heartless, they don’t deserve your time and energy. I understand, company policy is company policy but GIVE ME A BREAK. I worked my butt off , full time, at this understaffed office while knowing I was underpaid for them to just callously throw me away like that. Okay, good luck retaining the rest of your staff? What hurt the most I guess was how cold my direct manager was with regard to all of it, we worked together everyday. Oh well, I guess, that is the world we live in. Thanks for reading.