My mom has worked at a chain grocery store for the past ten years, let’s call it Tall Mart. She works the overnights.
Her shift is supposed to be 3AM to 12PM. It’s 5PM and she’s still not home. This is a 2-4x a week occurrence.
My whole family is of the “hard work pays off” mindset. I’ve tried to tell her that there’s a line between hard work and bootlicking, but she won’t have it, and my brother, who lives with her, only reinforces the idea that if she doesn’t work whatever her boss wants her to, she’ll get fired.
I don’t know what to do. She’s 55 years old, she’s too old to be doing 15-16 hour shifts several times a week, lifting heavy objects and running around. She’s got an autoimmune disease and has fainted at work before.
I don’t know how to get it across to her that she needs to set a boundary at work.