Post #2089675

I had a part time job at a UPS warehouse in Tennessee when covid hit. We got a new manager, and so they gathered everyone in the warehouse together into a small break area, everyone was right next to each other and nobody was wearing a mask, and the manager gave us all a speech about how much he cared about our *safety.* There were TV screens in the break areas that had been set to display information about covid safety guidelines that were being blatantly violated. The same day, my supervisor informed me of a new policy: they'd had too many people "faking" being sick and calling out, so from now on you have to come into work even if you're sick, and *they'll decide* if you're sick enough to go home. I with I had gotten it in writing because what she told me was definitely illegal, I actually called OSHA afterwards but it was my word against theirs. This was the only time I've quit a job with no notice, I remember it clear as day, I told her, "People are dying" and she replied, "I have a business to run," and I said, "I don't care." I wanted to set the damn building on fire. I was fortunate to have saved enough to take time off work because I lost all confidence that there was *anywhere* around me that would be a safe place to work.