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New here- Very stressed out

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…


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

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