My other half caught the rona last week. He works for a place that delivers packages, so his bosses tried to get him to keep coming to work because they "needed" him, even going so far as to try to say that his rapid test result didn't count because they are always false positives.
So, because he's my other half, I get a lovely 10 day quarantine, which so far I have spent alternating between paranoia that I'll get the rona, catching up on all the sleep I've lost as a person who has to work at 6am, playing the video games I haven't had time for because I work 10 hour shifts, and just in general trying to regain the mental balance that had been slowly slipping for the last few months.
But, today I realized something. My "family"...my fellow managers and crew who care SO much about each other.....none of them have texted to ask how my hubs is doing. Other than a text right at the beginning asking if I'm gonna get tested, none have asked how I'm doing, or if I am sick, or even if I'm ever coming back. It's like I've been forgotten.
I have been at my place of employment for long enough that I had started to fall for the rhetoric. I cared deeply about my crew and fellow management. I don't think I care quite as much anymore.....
Work for a software company that is all about good vibes and smiles and positivity. Two employees took medical leave this past year due to mental health, they were both fired while under said leave. I've been reprimanded for voicing my concern for these ex-employees. Fuuck all that noise!
My job had been one of those places that went on and on about how they cared about us and that when this was all over, none of us would be out of a job
Two months ago, I got an email telling me I was terminated because I didn't answer my phone when they called
THEY CALLED THE WRONG NUMBER AND FIRED ME BY EMAIL, WHICH MEANT THEY COULD HAVE CONTACTED ME ANYTIME BUT JUST DIDN'T
Fuck that place
You're family at your job just about as much as you're family at Olive Garden.
It's just a convenient slogan. Coworkers aren't friends unless you spend a lot of time with them outside work and you can never trust your boss even if they seem nice and fair.
Not sure why I got hit with a downbear, but meh. I do wanna state that I do care about my crew either way. Most of them don't have my cell number. As for a union, don't I wish. But, I work for a multinational fast food franchise, so I wouldn't even know where to start...Honestly, if I did have a union and could have some workplace power, I'd be mandating breaks and increasing labor hours so we aren't always running on the bare minimum...then maybe I wouldn't have been trying to have a mental breakdown in the first place. Either way, I miss my crew, but I'm salty as fuck with my fellow managers right now...
it's just one downbear, probably a crank who is downbearing everything. Just look at the upbears :heart-sickle:
Yeah I know...just feeling kinda iffy rn so it made me a little grumpy
Solidarity and love. Few things are worse than feeling burned by some of the very people who told you that you can depend on and they care. Shit is whack.
I’ve been working through an ongoing health issue with my baby daughter the past month, which has been downright terrifying (she’s had two MRIs and we there’s still a wide range of scary things ahead of us). The difference between the reaction of my colleagues and my wife’s has been staggering. I work for a software company and it has been met with awkwardness and insensitivity. For instance, someone had a meltdown to me about how hard her life was because people wanted to write unit tests the day after my daughter had her first MRI. My wife works at a public school, and her colleagues have been nothing but generous, supportive and kind - buying us dinner, covering for her classes she’s missing due to appointments, checking in on us...just real, actual solidarity. They’re literally helping us work through a hellish situation, as everyone that works at that school has to have each other’s backs to keep it going.
It’s amazing and wonderful to see what an actual, genuine community can do for its members.
Love and thoughts to your daughter and I hope she's all right.
I guess I'm just bummed because I thought I was part of a community. I guess I was wrong. :heart-sickle:
Thank you...I get what you mean, I've fallen for the workplace "family" rhetoric before as well. I'd even expected a little more sympathy from colleagues, despite the fact I should ought to know better by now!
Fuck this!
At my remote part time job, a worker's sister's friend had a positive test a couple of weeks ago, and he then got a fever. We haven't talked since, which is not at all unusual for him, especially given the holiday. I'm thinking about checking up on him, only thing is I do actually need something from him for work and he's a super anxious guy, like any communication stresses him out and he constantly apologizes for responding so late. Fuck it I should probably hit him up regardless just to check in, he seems a bit lonely.
My other half caught the rona last week.
his bosses tried to get him to keep coming to work because they “needed” him
What the fucking shit, he should have gone just to spread it around out of spite. Those absolute pieces of shit.
The victims would very likely not be the people that asked him to come in :/
They might be, all he would have to do is request a one-on-one meeting in the office with the manager. 5 minute conversation and bam, that's a sick manager.
Hope you and hubs get and stay healthy.
I had a similar experience at my workplace 2 years ago was out for surgery and recovery., was galling how I was just kinda replaced.
It's Wednesday my dudes. Which means schedule day. Bet you can't guess who finally texted to ask how we're doing. I needed a whole loaf of bread for all the buttering up bodd lady did before she finally got around to asking when I'm coming back. Cuz she "misses me". I'll bet she does.
