I recently started a new job. Unfortunately I am out sick today because I’ve been vomiting, and I feel awful about it, but something else is rubbing me the wrong way.
During the onboarding process, I was told that the office gives all full time employees paid time off on days the judicial courts system has listed as holidays. However, today over text, when I went to check with my manager, I was told that they’d double check; the office will be closed tomorrow, but some employees are working.
If I was told the office gets court holidays off, but then when I check, it seems conditional, why tell me we get holidays off? I’m afraid they’ll ask me to come in tomorrow, during what I was told is a paid holiday.
What should I do? I can’t risk losing this job; it is an awesome opportunity as much as I hate working for a living. There’s some aspects of the job I already don’t like (like the fact I wasn’t told in my interview about the fact I don’t get PTO until after a year which sadly apparently is “normal” after I’ve asked around in my friend group). I hope I adjust to these things over time, but it makes me feel pessimistic.
I already feel like I’m on thin ice for taking a sick day during my first two weeks, so I am afraid if I refuse to come in on what I was told is a paid holiday, I will be fired.
Thanks everyone.