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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Vendetta614 on 2023-08-11 22:02:13.
When I was hired, I told HR that my wife was pregnant and was hoping to find a place that is able to be understanding of what comes with that. They, of course, acted like that was the case. I was already aware FMLA is not an option for me because I wouldn't be there long enough.
If you miss more than 6 percent of your shifts in 1 month, you get a disciplinary warning. For a full time schedule, this is 10.5 hours roughly. Not great, but it's not like I planned on missing shifts. That was dismissible.
Then, they reveal time off has to be requested 3 weeks in advance. Not great, but again, at the time this didn't seem too bad. They also DID give me the courtesy of requesting a week off around my fiancées planned due date, so of course this made things look brighter than they are in my eyes.
Of course, it's after I'm hired they unravel things that aren't clearly highlighted in their little handbook.
If you have PTO, it gets automatically applied to call offs. There is no actual unpaid time off. Can't bank PTO for when baby is here if emergencies pop up - super convenient.
There are no exceptions or leeway for medical emergencies, which is where the pregnancy comes into play. Even if I report it or tell my supervisor WHY I'm missing a shift, partial or full, it is not taken into account. Even if it's serious.
My wife had to visit the ER after a work fall and I stayed in the hospital with her all night on the 2nd. We got no sleep. Thankfully, her and the baby were okay at the time, but I called off the 3rd. I was too physically exhausted to even entertain working.
Now, baby has an internal issue. Blood may be in their digestive system that should not be there. An MRI was scheduled for the 25th. This has potential to be very serious. I have PTO available. But I don't fall in their little 3 week system. Even though this is direly important to me and I'm giving advance, my supervisor tells me there's nothing that can be done. Not to mention because of my call off on the 2nd, if I miss the 25th, I get disciplined for not following schedule adherence.
I am going to face PUNISHMENT at work for attending to my unborn childs health, something they tried to paint as no issue when I was hired.
These jobs will never give a fuck about you. Never let them fool you into false security. They don't care.