Currently, he's a driver for a company. To my knowledge, there are designated drivers for the routes and they have to get the work done….or so it seemed.
He has worked for this company for upwards of 5+ years. Always been on time, and never really called off sick unless he has to. He works a weird shift and I won't give the exact hours, but something like 1230AM to 10AM per week day.
Over the course of this whenever he was severely ill his boss would guilt trip him. Saying stuff like “if you don't come in we have nobody else to do your route” even though, mind you, he was a backup driver before his legit route. This was at least 2 years ago, and to my knowledge they haven't hired a replacement backup driver
Anyway, his wife got covid and so did he. They're both okay, but his boss is making him take his vacation days instead of just having it off even though he and his wife was diagnosed with it with a doctor's note? It felt off to me, but he doesn't want to fight it cause apparently sick days and vacation days coincide in this company, but I thought covid was different. Is it?
Anyway, he's in a bad space right now. The guys that load his truck before he's supposed to get there sleeps halfway thru their shift and don't finish entirely. My friend is laid-back and I'm guessing it wasn't alot to load on his truck so he ain't make a fuss.
However, I don't know if it's because of covid or what but he has told me that they're slacking. It got to the point where he would leave the site 40 minutes after he was supposed to as opposed to like 10 minutes. They are under new management now, and his new supervisor tried to come down on him.
My friend basically snitched on the guys. The new boss said they were going to do a random check on the shift these guys are working on.
Well, it's been weeks and nothing has changed except the work place is more hostile. Now, the guys do barely anything and he leaves the site an hour later
I'm posting this because I miss my best friend. I've known him since we were preteens and we're in our 30s now. He can't even hang out anymore cause he gets out so late and just goes to bed.
Does anybody know what he can do to get out of this situation? He says he may become a trucker, but I feel like that will do more damage to his personal life than good. I'm not even talking about me, but him going weeks without seeing his wife in person could end up badly.
Anybody know what I can do? For his privacy I don't want to give the company name. Thanks.