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DO NOT BASH ON MY FAMILY AS I LOVE THEM DEARLY. THEY JUST ARE OUT OF TOUCH SOMETIMES Prepare for a rant because I am pissed. Also, my girlfriend and I live with my parents as the housing market has tripled in the last 5 years. In December of '20, I was diagnosed with Covid, and it was awful. I've had lung and heart issues stemming from it, albeit not major. But enough that it concerned my doctor enough to send me to a specialist for diagnostic tests. Well, flash forward 1 1/2 years, and I still haven't had my echocardiogram because insurance won't approve it. 4 weeks ago, I was diagnosed with covid again, and thankfully, I was asymptotic but still had to miss 10 days of work because my employer doesn't follow CDC guidelines anymore. While it sucked, I got through it. I had just enough sick time…

For the past 2 years I have been combining my lunch break with my 2 15 minute breaks, taking an hour to walk with my girlfriend. This has never once been an issue. Apparently it's not allowed under NY state labor laws. The breaks have to be broken up. My manager recently bitched at me about my breaks, even though it doesn't hurt anything. So my question is, does anyone know how long you have to work between breaks before you take your next break, in accordance to NY state labor laws? I would very much like to come back to work for 10 minutes only to leave again for 20. Having the law back it up would be great to have for any arguments that may come from that. Thanks to anyone who can help!

Since my last post, I'm trying to at least give two weeks' notice before I quit. I've called off two days in a row, because I just can't get there without my paycheck. I told them that I needed it, and they said that it “could take 1-7 business days for the funds to return to the account” so that they could re-issue the check. How am I supposed to fill my tank to get to work? I can't just keep borrowing money from my parents. I'd quit if I was strong enough, but I'm just waiting for them to fire me at this point. They've been unbelievably rude to blame me for this. I've never worked a job that gave physical checks this late. It's obvious that they're not issuing them, because the FedExed check got here just fine. And I got my first check. What's the likelihood that…

So im in my first 90 & already had to miss a day to move myself to a new place out of my fams place & now im sick. Going to get COVID test but even if its negative i dk if im do a full shift. I mean imagine getting terminated bc u missed too many days in ur first 90. And i have one of those bosses that has trust issues. The whole 90 day thing is a joke & in a time when employers are hurting for workers u out here going to be firing people bc of a rule wether they have legit excuses? Really? EDIT: this is why people show up to work sick. Also being in 90 means ur ineligible for benefits so theres no incentive to go to doc

I work in an industry that is extremely emotionally taxing and see shitty things on an almost daily basis. There is a high turn over rate and in my almost 4 years there, I’ve been on my team the longest and have gone through 6 supervisors. I’m lucky to have a wonderful support network, wonderful husband and three wonderful dogs, Petro who is 17.5 years old and has some health issues; Salsa who is a rescue and assumed to be 11 and in congenital heart failure; Avenger who is almost 8 and up until recently didn’t have any medical issues. We also can’t have kids so we treat our pups like they are our kids (as much as possible). Yesterday we were woken up what we thought was Petro falling off the bed. Turns out it was Avenger having an episode (we aren’t sure what actually happened, both the emergency…

Curious if there’s anyone in this group who successfully put up a fight when management announced return to the office plans. I cited the surging gas prices as one of many reasons I did not want to return. Our upper management shut that down immediately and said that commuting expenses have always been the worker’s responsibility and that it’s up to us to find cost effective transportation. Other than upper management that is set on returning, I otherwise love what i do

This happened at my old job and was added to a lengthy list of reasons why I quit and moved on. My company once withheld my paycheck because my MANAGER forgot to submit my timecard. And not just my timecard, my whole team's timecards. 30 people and this man FORGOT to submit our timecards. He told us the following day and that our checks would be combined in the next pay period. I emailed HR and payroll and they refused to issue off cycle paychecks. I was more paycheck to paycheck at that time and didn't have a credit card to cover my back so it really fucked me up. Once I finally got my check, my monthly income wound up being less because it was taxed more. No one wanted to make it right and frankly your apology doesn't keep food on my table. Bonus quitting story: This same…