Sadly I had a family member I was very close to pass away this weekend. I don’t live close to my family and wasn’t there in his last moments, so I began figuring out when I need to get home for the service/ memorial etc.
When i went to my executive director and told her that I would be needing to take a couple days off this week so I can fly home and make it to the service, she offered some sympathies but was adamant to remind me a few times that I would either need to take PTO, or not be compensated for my missed time (which I do not care about, i’m not thinking about making money for the days I will miss), as well as finishing an assignment for her before I leave, which I have 2 days to complete without any prior notice of having to have had this done.
This all happened really quickly and it really sucks right now on top of already having some mental struggles from this job beforehand, and I was wondering if I have any right to feel some resentment to my director. Maybe i’m just caught up in my emotions right now, but i just feel so at odds with my job that I don’t even want to come back after all this stuff is behind me. It’s a damn shame I renewed the lease for my apartment back in July and get pack up and leave this crap right now.