Work, Health and Management: It's Friday, I'm in love

It's Friday, I'm in love

By Christina - 13/10/2023 16:00 - United States - Beverly

Today, I’m back at work after being out for a month on medical leave. I'd got my permanent schedule which included Friday, and I'd said fine but that I couldn't close on Friday as I have dialysis during the day, and that’s too much for my body. My boss said that was OK. Guess who they made close tonight? FML

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By Anonymous - 19/06/2021 19:01 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, the day before I was supposed to go back to work after I got sick, ended up in the hospital, and primary doctor put me on medical leave, I got fired. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/06/2024 05:00 - United Kingdom

Today, exactly 19 seconds after I logged on, my boss Zoom-called me to let me know 3 people are out sick, probably until Monday, so if I wouldn’t mind doing their work as well so we don’t fall behind, within working hours, no overtime available. He wasn’t happy when I told him no. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/05/2020 17:00

Today, my boss gave me attitude for not going to back to work this Friday. I'm a massage therapist and where I live, it's currently illegal to practice during the pandemic. FML

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By wormiformed - This FML is from back in 2015 but it's good stuff - New Zealand

Today, I had an emergency appendectomy, so I texted my boss to let him know about the situation. He replied that it'd be good for my continued employment prospects if I came into work tomorrow. FML

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By lxygrl - 20/07/2019 13:07 - United States - Phenix City

Today, I was told I have kidney stones, kidney infections, and a bladder infection and that I have to get admitted into the hospital. I let my boss know, and she replied, "But you're still coming in for your shift tonight, right?" FML

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Earache

By Anonymous - 10/06/2015 13:26 - United Kingdom

Today, I asked my boss for a couple of days off to recover from a nasty ear infection which has left me hard of hearing. However, he didn't understand why that would affect my job and refused. I work in a telephone call centre. FML

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By trojan72 - 13/06/2017 00:00

Today, marks a whole month that my boss has asked me to come in early to my part-time job, which makes me pretty happy to get the extra hours. I casually made a joke that she might as well make me full-time now. That made her change her mind, now I'm back down to 23 hours a week. FML

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By gothicvamp93 - 04/01/2015 06:46 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, my boss called and yelled at me because he said I was "spotted" out after I called off sick. I was out getting the medicine the doctor had just prescribed me. FML

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Unionize now!

By BanaNacakE92 - 10/07/2023 22:00

Today, after taking a much-needed mental health week off from work, I discovered I wasn’t on the schedule this week. Turns out, I was fired. Apparently, my absence made things “inconvenient” for my department, since they had to do double work due to my “selfish” PTO usage. FML

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By Fuckup - 05/08/2013 18:09 - United States - Naples

Today, I returned to work after a much-needed vacation. I got a lot of weird stares from my co-workers, and my boss eventually came over and told me to go home. Why? My work week starts tomorrow, not today. FML

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Chazzster 28

Friday 13 October 2023 22:32

It’s not obvious if boss doesn’t listen well or if they are trying to force OP to quit. I’ve seen both kind of situations… OP, ultimately you have to do what you can to survive. Maybe a doctor’s note would help - At least you would have it documented, making it harder for boss to conveniently “forget.”

RichardPencil 30

Saturday 14 October 2023 2:06

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Chazzster 28

Friday 13 October 2023 22:32

Christina Winden 22

Saturday 14 October 2023 7:01

They don’t listen well. I’m sure they didn’t mean any harm by it but they definitely forgot and by the time I realized I was going to end up closing it was too late to switch with anyone. Luckily dialysis changed my schedule to days I don’t work so it’s a non issue now. To be honest I’m lucky that I’m well enough to be able to continue to work, I just found it ironic that they make the girl with kidney failure stay until midnight yet everyone else gets to leave early.

RichardPencil 30

Saturday 14 October 2023 2:06

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Vesi 29

Saturday 14 October 2023 5:22

WHY would anyone press YDI for this? Dude.. is on *dialysis*! That means failing kidneys and medical conditions are NOT their fault! WTF people!

RichardPencil 30

Saturday 14 October 2023 7:50

You don't know that. Some causes of bad kidneys are things within people's control. There's no way to make a blanket statement absolving the OP of blame for their current condition.

Jesse Duff 15

Saturday 14 October 2023 6:25

don't close, if they come at you for a writeup or termination, get it in writing, and while they're threatening you, casually mention the phrase " my lawyer is either gonna love this or hate it, I can't tell which."