Last Friday I was driving home from work and got a phone call that blew my mind. My job is intense. I do contents for home insurance after a disaster. I generally travel 2+ hrs one way to go to a home that has many on-site hazards. I generally do fire claims, so mold, broken glass, collapsed floors and ceilings are all in a days work. I inventory everything someone owns, apply a fair retail value, take 1000's of photos and write up a report for each claim.
I generally work 48-52 hours a week as a 'part time' employee. I do not get Healthcare. Since my 'billable' hours and travel hours are separate I can work 50+ hours and not get overtime. I work by myself in dangerous conditions and have never had a major mistake on any of my 100's of claims. I see myself as a good worker. I like to work.
Then I receive a phone call from someone in the company who scheduled me for a claim while I was already scheduled. I called them to explain the situation. They decided to just go off on me, calling me lazy and that she is used to working with 'men of higher kaliber'. I'm gay, and you can tell by my voice and it was obviously mean as a demasculating remark. She told me she expects me to drive 2 hrs, work 8 hrs, drive 2 hrs home, then do 3 hrs of paperwork every day. I told her that was not humanly possible and she told me I was going to be reported for insubordination.
What world do we live in where someone who works in an office in California. Who works in an office building with plumbing, and electricity, that is clean, and doesn't have collapsed floors, who clocks out at 5pm and gets paid time off and holiday pay that I'm fucking lazy. Completely absurd.
I called my boss, he worked in the field team and he has my back, but jeez. Thanks for listening to my rant reddit. Had a rough day