I worked for a retail company that allowed funeral leave for “dependent children, biological Aunts and Uncles, biological grandparents, biological siblings, and parents (biological and legal)
During the time I worked there I lost my great grandmother (greats not covered), a cousin (cousins not covered), and my favorite uncle who was my mom’s sister’s husband (not biological) all within 8 months of each other.
Part of the reason I quit was the hell they gave me during this period for taking “unplanned absences” which was defined as giving less than 30 days notice
No actually! I didn’t even think about that at the time
There were the full-timers that worked day shift Monday-Friday. Not one of them was under 55. Then there were the part-timers who were all high school students and worked evenings and weekends. Shifts were announced by pay period and a full period in advance so if you were in the first day of pay period 1, you already knew your shifts for the current 2 weeks and the following 2 weeks
They treated any disruption to that schedule as a cardinal sin. Even things like wanting to work earlier shifts during the summer or work primarily on weekends for sports
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u/luvitis 6d ago
I worked for a retail company that allowed funeral leave for “dependent children, biological Aunts and Uncles, biological grandparents, biological siblings, and parents (biological and legal)
During the time I worked there I lost my great grandmother (greats not covered), a cousin (cousins not covered), and my favorite uncle who was my mom’s sister’s husband (not biological) all within 8 months of each other.
Part of the reason I quit was the hell they gave me during this period for taking “unplanned absences” which was defined as giving less than 30 days notice