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Just Got Praised Then Written Up (and more!)

Just got told I may be replacing someone's position at work because they've been getting complaints and I need to fix it. Then I was called into the office and told I was being written up for a bunch of unexcused absences that dated between 3/1 and 5/1. My last “absence” was over month ago and because my cat needed emergency care after surgery complications. Before that, it was because my car broke down and needed a few hundred dollars worth of repair that day because I had surgery the next morning. Then I was informed that my surgery recovery was not supposed to be excused, but “they didn't count that against me”. Like I'm supposed to be grateful for that absurdity. Apparently, the doctor or surgeon note only covers five days off and I was supposed to be marked for any days after that. I have an automatic one…


Just got told I may be replacing someone's position at work because they've been getting complaints and I need to fix it. Then I was called into the office and told I was being written up for a bunch of unexcused absences that dated between 3/1 and 5/1. My last “absence” was over month ago and because my cat needed emergency care after surgery complications. Before that, it was because my car broke down and needed a few hundred dollars worth of repair that day because I had surgery the next morning.

Then I was informed that my surgery recovery was not supposed to be excused, but “they didn't count that against me”. Like I'm supposed to be grateful for that absurdity. Apparently, the doctor or surgeon note only covers five days off and I was supposed to be marked for any days after that. I have an automatic one day “unexcused” regardless of paperwork. My abdominal surgery required a minimum of ten days off work. Is it even legal to count that against me when I submitted forms from the hospital about my necessary time off post-op?

How do you go from praising my quality of work to then kicking me in the teeth within five minutes? How in the world is that supposed to motivate me? And then to almost punish me for needing surgery? And reprimand me for a family emergency a month ago?

Holy shit. I don't make enough for this crap. And the worst part is my last job was even more horrible. At this point it's “which job will shit on me less?”

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