This might be long but I will try my best to shorten it. So long story short I was taken off the schedule for a week and I’m not sure where to go from there.
So last week on Friday I did contact my manager and let him know that I can’t come into work because I wasn’t feeling good. Well he seemed upset and demanded that he needs a doctor’s note or otherwise it might not work out for me. Now before I visited my job, I have a friend of mine who works at the same store informed me that an employee snitched on me for calling off cause I was “high”. I kept that in mind and decided to also let my manager know about that. So anyways I couldn’t provide a doctor’s note so the next day I stopped at my job to talk to my manager. He wasn’t at the store yet but the assistant manager was. So I let the assistant manager know that I don’t have a doctor’s note but I still want to work and to make sure I get put on the schedule. After I left I received a call from my manager asking if I could come back up to the store to talk to him.
So I came back and waited until the manager came out and sat down with me. He told me what’s going on and why I called off, which I don’t feel comfortable telling him why and it’s not really his business to know. I just told him I really didn’t feel good but that I don’t have a doctor’s note to provide. And for some reason he brought up that one time I left early for work which really isn’t relevant and at that point I was becoming agitated with him. I also wanted to bring up the fact that there’s an employee who is basically spreading rumors about me but I pleaded with this man two times to talk privately I’m the office about this situation yet he didn’t want to.
When I told him about this certain employee, which by the way I did not say names, my manger immediately started to say names of other employees that isn’t involved in the situation. That’s when the assistant manager joined in on the conversation and said, “It’s Susan isn’t it?” I said yes but again, I did not feel comfortable talking about this situation out in public with other employees around because there’s a chance they could hear it and spread more rumors. My manager just shrugged and said, “Well Susan hasn’t talked about you, she’s been my shift leader for 10 years. But it seems you’re uncomfortable working here so I’ll take you off the schedule for a week. Just text me whenever you’re ready to work again.” These are his words he said and at that point I have nothing else to say to him. So I left the store.
I texted him last week on Thursday to please put me back on the schedule and he still hasn’t replied back. I even texted the assistant manager and he hasn’t replied either. Am I fired or laid off? I desperately need money because I have bills to pay so what can I do?