absolutely crazy that the us doesn't have universal paid sick leave btw
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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.
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.
Im just talking about my job. There are jobs in tech and stuff that do paid leave.
Restaurants or retail = get fucked
To: Dear HR
HR response: inline with sent email
That's from Dear HR
That's basically what happened at our company in the early days. I miss working alone in the office!