So my boss never does her job and informed us the day before we would be cleaning our building and expected us to work outside of normal work hours (9am-2pm instead of 12pm -5pm). I told her unfortunately I was sick and could not attend, I told her in a timely manner as well. I wasn’t feeling too great and told her I was throwing up and had a fever (I threw up once and was running warm) She told me she needed a doctor’s note because I was missing a very important event (volunteers showed up and helped clean). She has never asked for a doctor’s note, I’ve gone to the ER and she still never asked for a doctor’s note. The only time I gave her one was because I had surgery and it stated I couldn’t do heavy work for 2 months- she still ignored it. It’s also not in our policy to provide an excuse, just 1 hour before work to call or text that you won’t show.
Just to give some background- I’m a part time employee, they do not provide me with insurance nor enough pay to go to the urgent care or doctor for a note.
So now I’m sitting here with anxiety wondering if I should just run to the urgent care, get checked out or if I should show up on Monday and say “Unfortunately I do not have insurance and do not get payed enough to pay for a doctors visit either so due to these circumstances I cannot provide one. For my safety and others I will not attend work while feeling physically unwell. Thanks for understanding.”
Just asking Reddit because my coworkers are also in uproar because this the first time she’s asking for a doctor’s note. I’ve just got anxiety but also if she fires me then I can look for a job with a better boss and more caring upper management