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kaylamay31
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I called in sick 3 weeks ago with swine flu. I was at work while I started coming down with it so all my co-workers know I was truly sick. I work at a pharmacy and unfortunately have had to call in sick a few times this year, all which were justified and real sick calls. I try not to take off many days in a row when I'm sick as I am the lead technician and feel guilty for causing a burden on my co-workers with my absence. My occurrences had run out and I was given a verbal warning about calling in sick. I was told in the future instead of taking one day off and receiving an occurrence I should call in 3, 4, or even 5 days in a row because it's still considered one occurrence!? How this is better I have no idea...and in the future I definitely will not think of getting back to work as soon as possible and will take a week out. But in the time being, until my year renews, I had no choice but to call in. I had a fever among other symptoms and couldn't even get out of bed. I definitely know my co-workers wouldn't have wanted me there knowing I was contagious and I sure the customer's appreciated it too. I had figured my work understood my predicament, but my boss came up to me today and said she needed to write me up 3 weeks after the fact? Needless to say I got upset and told her I obviously had no choice and I wasn't going to sign her bs write-up. She said fine we will talk with the store manager tomorrow. Well then I felt like she was threatening me and lost my temper ever more. I don't understand why I need to talk to an additional manager about not signing my write up sheet. I further don't understand why my boss is doing this to both of us. I'm a vital part of the pharmacy and have been lead tech there for 3 1/2 years. And she knows it. Doing this is not only going to make my life harder it's going to make her life harder. I know she doesn't want me fired? I feel like she doesn't ever realize writing me up again for the same thing doesn't leave much room between my ass and the front door. Especially since I have over 4 months to go before my year for sick days renews! If I god forbid miss a day somewhere in this time I'm fired. I didn't even request sick pay on my last sick call either. Anyways I lost my temper and now I feel I'm in a worse position then I was in the first place. How can I fix this?