The newest drama with my job: I had to call out sick today because I have no babysitter for my son. Well, someone made an assumption that I was going to call out based off of a joke made by my other co-worker and "alerted" my boss. So, at 11, when I texted her to tell her I couldn't work, she tells me that I'm required to find my own coverage. Never, in ANY of the facilities that I've worked at, have I been required to find my own coverage when I've called out sick.
She then tells me, "Well, you knew you were going to call out, so it is your responsibility to find coverage. I can't work because I have overtime and the other PRNs are working tomorrow. You will have to work." Um...no I don't. I told you TWO MONTHS AGO that I couldn't work this shift anymore and you've ignored me and continued to schedule me for it! When my mom told me last night that they couldn't watch my son and I needed to find a sitter, my only option was to call out sick because everyone that I trust that I could ask is busy. (One of the girls in our hula group is having a graduation party tonight and they're all dancing.) I can't leave my two year old with just anyone, nor can I leave him alone!
So, there's only one employee that overheard the joking comment (My co-worker was joking that she might call out today because she was tired and when she left this morning said that she'd see me next week...) and so that narrows it down as to who could have "snitched" on me. The only thing stopping me from going in and punching the woman in the face is the fact that I do love my job (most days) and don't want charges filed against me.
So, after calling the on-site supervisor and letting it ALL spill out, I am waiting for a call back from my corporate supervisor. It has been two months that I've been fighting with this schedule and six months that I've been fighting about the worthless co-worker that I have. I'm tired of sending e-mails to my lead supervisor and them going nowhere. I'm tired of having to do twice as much work as everyone else because I actually CARE about how the unit works and everyone else is just taking up space and collecting a paycheck.
I have bent over backwards for my supervisor. I've come in on a moment's notice and worked 12 hour night shifts, I've come in and covered shifts when people had to be sent home, I've picked up the slack where she won't regarding the other employee because if not, the unit suffers and I'd get reprimanded anyway. And this is how I'm rewarded? As it stands, I'll probably have to go in to work and leave my son with someone I don't trust, or have my parents take him and cause all kinds of tension in the house...again. As much as I love this job, it isn't worth this.
I plan on letting it all out when I talk to my corporate supervisor. I plan on letting her know about the full-time position I was offered and had taken away. I plan on letting her know about people playing on Facebook when they're not supposed to. I plan on letting her know just how lazy some people are and how many breaks they take and how the rest of us get shafted because we don't smoke. My supervisor has let our ER go to crap and I'm tired of it. That's MY ER. It's where I go for emergency treatment. Where my family goes, where my son goes for treatment. I won't accept anything but the best for them and I give nothing less than my best. Why can't everyone else?
I'll update more once I have some resolution.
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