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[–] Footer1998@crazypeople.online 78 points 1 day ago (1 children)

absolutely crazy that the us doesn't have universal paid sick leave btw

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If i get sick and miss a shift last minute, i get written up. If i am unable to contest it, i get suspended for 2 weeks. No paid leave no matter what.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No paid leave no matter what.

Unless you're a cop and you just shot a kid, of course. Then it's paid vacation time, baby.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Im just talking about my job. There are jobs in tech and stuff that do paid leave.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

Restaurants or retail = get fucked

[–] paranoia@feddit.dk 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

To: Dear HR

HR response: inline with sent email

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

That's from Dear HR

[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago

That's basically what happened at our company in the early days. I miss working alone in the office!