r/antiwork • u/AshBasil • Oct 07 '24

Rant šŸ˜”šŸ’¢ Welp, I'm pissed

I work in a group home for disabled clients. At a house meeting a few months ago, my boss said something transphobic so a coworker and I (both trans) walked out of the meeting.

After walking-out, I texted her and politely let her know that it wasn't appropriate, which she was very coy about. Instead of growing as a person and doing better, she talked shit about me to (at least one) coworker, who proceeded to make a fake Facebook account and attack me online.

Because of this, I reported her to admin and HR, who promised they handled the issue. That's whatever, but this coworker is being such a dick that it's making work a very toxic environment.

Then tonight comes around (I work graveyards) and my shift partner called out for the evening for a medical emergency. Boss did not even try to find me relief and when I called her thismorning to ask if I would get any help with the hardest part of my shift, she caught herself in a lie and lied further. She said she didn't think that she could find anyone that late and then said that she couldn't get anyone that late. Multiple coworkers have let me know they were never contacted and that they totally would have helped me.

I'm so done with her bullshit.

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u/MistressOfChaos98 Oct 09 '24

Nothing new in this industry. I called our ā€œemergency beeperā€ number 5x in one night, nobody ever answered. I was sick and had projectile diarrhea. I finally got my supervisor to answer the phone. She told me to sit on a pad and wait for 5-6 hours until it was time for someone to relieve me. I was expected to pass meds and provide client care while covered in poo. I called ā€œemergency beeperā€ again a few weeks later. A client had been vomiting constantly for several hours. I wanted to take him to the hospital and get him checked out. I was told that beeper couldnā€™t find staff (beeper never tried), so I had to keep the client home and NOT get him checked out. He was taken to the hospital later the next day. Had a three day stay and multiple procedures. I also called beeper again a few weeks after that. I was having difficulty breathing and was on my way to the hospital. I was told I ā€œcouldnā€™t go to the hospitalā€ because beeper ā€œdidnā€™t think they could find staffā€. Now beeper bitches that Iā€™m being rude whenever I call. Rude? Really?

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u/AshBasil Oct 09 '24

Holy shit I'm sorry that you experienced that. My work is normally fairly good at finding coverage but not always. For instance, last Tuesday I had a dental procedure done and my boss couldn't find anyone to cover my shift. I actually think she tried that time lol.

I spent the shift with a bloody mouth, gauze picked into a hole, and all high on painkillers because of it. Not fun. Luckily on that day I wasn't alone.