Today, after three weeks of suffering from COVID, I returned to work. I met with my boss, and was written up for absenteeism. Oh, and we're closing early because there are ongoing riots. Oh, and we lost the contract and I'm unemployed in three weeks. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after three weeks of my boss telling me how much he appreciates my hard work and has submitted my name up for a promotion, he called me into his office to announce I'm being laid off. FML
Today, I received a positive Covid-19 test. Despite being largely asymptomatic, the company I work for decided that I've behaved with "gross neglect" by coming to work in an attempt to support the company's ambition, and promptly fired me with no benefits. FML
Today, it's the last day of my three-week vacation, during which I couldn't go anywhere due to COVID and lockdown. I just learned that some of my colleagues are infected and I will have to fill in for two department superintendents at the same time when I go back to work tomorrow. FML
Today, it was my two-week anniversary of starting my new job, after over a year of unemployment due to Covid. It was great, I was getting on with people, and it actually felt like a career where my skillset was valued and I was appreciated by the management. I showed up to work this morning to find it had burned down. FML
Today, the store I work at got shut down and I got let go. Three days ago I got a promotion and a raise. FML
Today, after a year and a half of overexploitation at work without getting paid for it, I can finally have a deserved vacation. Why? I caught Covid. FML
Today, after moving provinces and working my ass off to find a job, and finally finding one, I got the flu and had to call in sick two days on my first week. They fired me today. FML
Today, my boss told me I was fired 3 weeks ago because there's no money to pay me, meaning that I worked the last three weeks for free. FML
Today, I resigned from my dream job with a small company. In the 6 weeks I worked there, a fist-fight occurred, the police were called 4 times, a person was fired for lying on important documents, and I was yelled or heckled for my ideas everyday. Now I'm jobless and worried, but had the first good night's sleep in 6 weeks. FML
Today, it's been 3 weeks of being sick with gastritis and constantly feeling pain and weak. I've been pushing myself to work, and despite doing 150+ files, my boss said it’s not good enough for the company and hinted I might be let go. I got my job during the pandemic and might be losing it after 3 months. FML
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RichardPencil 32
Didn't you notify them you were sick?
leximichelle 13
I mean, look at the bright side; getting written up doesn’t seem to matter much when your job is only gonna last three more weeks.
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Comments (7)
RichardPencil 32
Didn't you notify them you were sick?
bloopaloop 27
I wouldn’t give a contract to a company surrounded by riots either. I hope you told them all thanks.
leximichelle 13
I mean, look at the bright side; getting written up doesn’t seem to matter much when your job is only gonna last three more weeks.
BurnInDemonFire 39
I believe the technical term for this is an "avalanche of shit".
Robert William Reynolds JR 2
Your employers are breaking the law. The government passed the Federal Cares Act which covers you. Here's a link to the information. Show it to your boss, and if the ball let them know you will be reporting them to the Labor Department, and possibly file a lawsuit. you will win. https://www.uc.pa.gov/COVID-19/CARES-Act/Pages/default.aspx
guiltyschuldig49 12
Your boss can’t write you up for quarantining while you have Covid. That’s not legal at all. And the fact that you’re losing your job in three weeks sounds like he’s trying to find reason to terminate you in those three weeks with reason of attendance or write ups instead of downsizing so you won’t get unemployment. Take it to HR immediately with proof of your diagnosis.