I just did my first training shift at a bar yesterday and at the end of the shift one of the managers looked at his phone and said, "shit, i tested positive for covid." we had our masks off intermittenly to eat and try different cocktails the bar specializes in. so, i probably got covid literally on my first day of this stupid fucking minimum wage job.
He was at work and waiting for COVID test results? Jesus that's incredibly shitty, but on the other hand he probably couldn't afford the time off from work.
yeah, pretty shitty not to disclose that immediately to your employees. what's even shittier is that he's an HR rep and recruiter (he head hunted me for the position) and has probably been travelling around the world like its completely normal. he mentioned being bummed he wasnt gonna get to travel to LA for a wedding this weekend. like jesus fucking christ -- now me and like five of my coworkers, one who is a trans woman, are all gonna get sick. oh also, a crew of mexican subcontractors were doing renovations in the place while we were working (this was a prepping/stocking shift for a soft open), so they were all certainly exposed. we still have to work this weekend.
then you may not understand material conditions for those subgroups as well as you think, but i get what youre saying. it was mostly to underline the point that a callous and priveledged HR rep is freely spreading COVID to some of the most marginalized people (certainly in terms of health care access) in his own company
I just did my first training shift at a bar yesterday and at the end of the shift one of the managers looked at his phone and said, "shit, i tested positive for covid." we had our masks off intermittenly to eat and try different cocktails the bar specializes in. so, i probably got covid literally on my first day of this stupid fucking minimum wage job.
He was at work and waiting for COVID test results? Jesus that's incredibly shitty, but on the other hand he probably couldn't afford the time off from work.
yeah, pretty shitty not to disclose that immediately to your employees. what's even shittier is that he's an HR rep and recruiter (he head hunted me for the position) and has probably been travelling around the world like its completely normal. he mentioned being bummed he wasnt gonna get to travel to LA for a wedding this weekend. like jesus fucking christ -- now me and like five of my coworkers, one who is a trans woman, are all gonna get sick. oh also, a crew of mexican subcontractors were doing renovations in the place while we were working (this was a prepping/stocking shift for a soft open), so they were all certainly exposed. we still have to work this weekend.
Not sure what being trans or Mexican has to do with it tbqh
then you may not understand material conditions for those subgroups as well as you think, but i get what youre saying. it was mostly to underline the point that a callous and priveledged HR rep is freely spreading COVID to some of the most marginalized people (certainly in terms of health care access) in his own company