I left my job and I guess I need validation cause I’m panicking now.
So my job has a point system. I left them back in July 2021 after being there 2 years cause I was dealing with post partum depression and the way I left I admit was unprofessional but I literally didn’t understand that at the time as I was in the darkest place in my life. They didn’t pay me maternity leave so I returned 4 weeks after my baby and it was way more than I could handle. Anyway I was rehired 2/7/22 and the day I got hired I felt judged by the way things had ended before. Normal things that shouldn’t be issues were issues. Like if my children were sick and daycare wouldn’t take them there would be 0 leniency it was find a cover or get points. So I got up to 11 points which means I missed 6 full days. This was due to my children starting daycare and legitimately being so sick all the time. Well last Wednesday I got so sick and knew I couldn’t miss cause 13 points is termination. Well I ended up having to go to the hospital Friday as I had completely lost my voice, and could not breathe due to pain in chest and lungs. I have bronchitis and influenza A and my boss told me yesterday if I missed another day or was late again he would fire me even if I had a doctors note. (He said it was highly likely I’d get fired soon based on my “behavior”) Well this morning I noticed I am still coughing up literal blood and it is so painful to even speak (which is my job, I do sales) so I sent an email saying I was done and not going to work while in so much pain for people who already assumed I’m going to fail and so I quit.
I just need some outsiders input cause I feel like I was treated unfairly when I was dealing with REAL life situations.
Before you ask about getting a cover for my shift when I needed - it’s hard to find and if you do the person covering typically charges 20/hr to cover your shift. It’s a Facebook group that you can look for covers and people name their price. Whenever I tried to get approved time off there was never any time I could take. It just seemed I was set up for failure and my boss always downplayed my situation or insinuated that he thought I was lying but there was NO CONTROL of me missing the days I did miss besides one time I woke up late because I was up all night with my baby.