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minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoYup. Plus many workplaces have a points system for tardiness or calling off. Late by 5 minutes = 1/2 point and 5/6 points you’re fired. Points drop off after one year. There’s something called FMLA (family medical leave act) which you can use to take additional time off to care for a family member, but it’s unpaid.
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah, that’s why Americans are pissed off all the time.
minus-squareGrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThey automatically take your PTO if you call in or are late and you must exhaust your PTO before you can take FMLA. Yeah.
Yup. Plus many workplaces have a points system for tardiness or calling off.
Late by 5 minutes = 1/2 point and 5/6 points you’re fired. Points drop off after one year.
There’s something called FMLA (family medical leave act) which you can use to take additional time off to care for a family member, but it’s unpaid.
That’s awful.
Yeah, that’s why Americans are pissed off all the time.
Uuuuuhhhhh. Then you have 0 pto/y.
They automatically take your PTO if you call in or are late and you must exhaust your PTO before you can take FMLA. Yeah.