(throwaway for obvious reasons)
I work in an understaffed department. Because of this, it's hard to find people willing to cover shifts. I had to take off a day on somewhat short notice and spent the week trying to scrounge up people to cover my hours (one person isn't able to cover the whole shift). I finally get people and I get a call today saying that one of the people I got to cover will end up overtime and refused to approve it for that reason and it will count as absent. I told them that's fine I have no choice and they said I'd get a write-up if I did and are insisting that I call them tomorrow to say I'm calling out. WTF? I am giving you notice that I won't be in. It's bad enough I have to run around finding people to cover this already-understaffed apartment. I get the impression they take issue with my previous uses of sick time, but why do I even have sick time if I can't use it? And why do I have to play this game of calling out the day of? I am not blindsiding you, figure it out!
The company as a whole has gone downhill since last year with understaffing and forcing me into covering for departments I don't want to be in constantly, so this may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. I only hope if they fire me as a result I can still get unemployment.