I'm going to try and keep this short and to the point because I don't want to go overboard. but I probably will because I'm really, really aggravated.
I've been working at Katun (it's a warehouse) since last summer. Over the past couple of months, they've been gradually cutting down by hours. It went from 40 hours down to 8 hours..then eventually to none for two weeks. I had complained about this before. They told me they were cutting my hours "because of my health problems." Alright..that's illegal, first of all. Second of all, I always had doctors notes. Third, when I had to take off for appointments, I requested off ahead of time. They are a "flexible place" and part-time employees (which would be me) were guaranteed all that flexibility.
I do get sick a lot. But I don't call out unless I'm like keeling over. They aren't understanding. The two biggies are these, among a few other minor problems.
1.) I have hereditary Hemochromatosis, aka iron over load disease. I can't process iron. I have to go get phlebotomies done often so that I don't overload on iron and get iron poisoning. Symptoms of that include fatigue and sore joints. My joints are pretty crappy for a 20 year old.
2.) I have neurogenic syncope. Before I went on medication for it (had to do a tilt table test, heart monitor, and a bunch of other tests to figure it out) I was passing out upwards of 5+ times a day. Basically the nerves around my heart don't always work right, and tell my veins / arteries to dilate instead of constrict when they are supposed to. So, the blood was pooling in my legs, i was losing consciousness, and falling and knocking my head on the floor and on objects. They got pissed at me for going to doctor's appointments for this!
So I've been getting no hours basically..not enough to pay my bills and pay for Delilah. I get a call today saying that "they aren't putting me back on the schedule and that I'm being terminated." What the..who the heck even just CALLS you to say that? They gave me the option of "resigning" or being "terminated." They said I wouldn't be able to get unemployment (I asked) because for the last month I haven't worked enough hours. So basically, these a**holes have been cutting me down like this so I couldn't collect unemployment. They did not give me a reason for termination (which I'm pretty sure is illegal). They said before they were cutting me down because of my medical problems..which is discrimination.
This job treated me like crap. I was constantly the scape goat. I had to do all the hard physical labor and everyone else would sit around and watch. I had to do 10x more than everyone else in my department. I worked hard..I'm a good worker! I even injured my hip there and they refused to do anything about physical therapy. They were so biased. I got treated bad because I wasn't one of the "hot, skinny girls." The attractive girls there get seriously everything they want. I always called out when I needed to or requested off when I had to..never once did a no call no show. There's a girl that didn't show up for over a month and SHE'S STILL EMPLOYED. How is that FAIR?
And on top of this lovely thing..I've started having GI Tract issues again. In 2009 I had to get a full work up (endoscopy, colonoscopy, pill cam, had to go to IA city, etc) because I was passing blood. They ended up finding out I had a fissure in my rectum..lol, so nothing serious.
Now, for the last few days, I've had pitch black, almost tarry diarrhea. I've passed numerous blood clots. My back hurts. My whole abdomen hurts and when someone pushes on it it feels absolutely atrocious. I'm dizzy. I'm nauseous. I'm running a fever, I'm vomitting. I finally went to the doctor today. He sent me for some blood work to test some enzymes to see if I have an infection in my intestine. But he's suspecting that I'm bleeding internally in my upper GI tract..because I'm basically classic case of that. He is sending me back to the gastro doctor that I went to before..which they didn't catch anything last time. x.x They were supposed to call me today and didn't, so I have to call them tomorrow. He told me if I was hurting tonight, vomitted, or passed more blood, to go to the hospital. Guess what..I did all of those things..and didn't get to go to the hospital because my mom said it "won't do any good" and she doesn't want to pay the bill. She's skeptical because she was an ER nurse for like 15+ years. She said I'd leave with no answers. Hell, last time I went to the ER with a status migraine they fixed me right up and gave me pain killers. I need pain killers.
and now Delilah is behind by over 100 votes in that stupid Drago contest..even though I've been trying super hard to get votes.
I guess I just need to vent. I'm upset about my job. I honestly feel like I'm dying at some points because of how bad I'm hurting. I'm scared that I'm bleeding internally and that it's just getting worse.
I've been working at Katun (it's a warehouse) since last summer. Over the past couple of months, they've been gradually cutting down by hours. It went from 40 hours down to 8 hours..then eventually to none for two weeks. I had complained about this before. They told me they were cutting my hours "because of my health problems." Alright..that's illegal, first of all. Second of all, I always had doctors notes. Third, when I had to take off for appointments, I requested off ahead of time. They are a "flexible place" and part-time employees (which would be me) were guaranteed all that flexibility.
I do get sick a lot. But I don't call out unless I'm like keeling over. They aren't understanding. The two biggies are these, among a few other minor problems.
1.) I have hereditary Hemochromatosis, aka iron over load disease. I can't process iron. I have to go get phlebotomies done often so that I don't overload on iron and get iron poisoning. Symptoms of that include fatigue and sore joints. My joints are pretty crappy for a 20 year old.
2.) I have neurogenic syncope. Before I went on medication for it (had to do a tilt table test, heart monitor, and a bunch of other tests to figure it out) I was passing out upwards of 5+ times a day. Basically the nerves around my heart don't always work right, and tell my veins / arteries to dilate instead of constrict when they are supposed to. So, the blood was pooling in my legs, i was losing consciousness, and falling and knocking my head on the floor and on objects. They got pissed at me for going to doctor's appointments for this!
So I've been getting no hours basically..not enough to pay my bills and pay for Delilah. I get a call today saying that "they aren't putting me back on the schedule and that I'm being terminated." What the..who the heck even just CALLS you to say that? They gave me the option of "resigning" or being "terminated." They said I wouldn't be able to get unemployment (I asked) because for the last month I haven't worked enough hours. So basically, these a**holes have been cutting me down like this so I couldn't collect unemployment. They did not give me a reason for termination (which I'm pretty sure is illegal). They said before they were cutting me down because of my medical problems..which is discrimination.
This job treated me like crap. I was constantly the scape goat. I had to do all the hard physical labor and everyone else would sit around and watch. I had to do 10x more than everyone else in my department. I worked hard..I'm a good worker! I even injured my hip there and they refused to do anything about physical therapy. They were so biased. I got treated bad because I wasn't one of the "hot, skinny girls." The attractive girls there get seriously everything they want. I always called out when I needed to or requested off when I had to..never once did a no call no show. There's a girl that didn't show up for over a month and SHE'S STILL EMPLOYED. How is that FAIR?
And on top of this lovely thing..I've started having GI Tract issues again. In 2009 I had to get a full work up (endoscopy, colonoscopy, pill cam, had to go to IA city, etc) because I was passing blood. They ended up finding out I had a fissure in my rectum..lol, so nothing serious.
Now, for the last few days, I've had pitch black, almost tarry diarrhea. I've passed numerous blood clots. My back hurts. My whole abdomen hurts and when someone pushes on it it feels absolutely atrocious. I'm dizzy. I'm nauseous. I'm running a fever, I'm vomitting. I finally went to the doctor today. He sent me for some blood work to test some enzymes to see if I have an infection in my intestine. But he's suspecting that I'm bleeding internally in my upper GI tract..because I'm basically classic case of that. He is sending me back to the gastro doctor that I went to before..which they didn't catch anything last time. x.x They were supposed to call me today and didn't, so I have to call them tomorrow. He told me if I was hurting tonight, vomitted, or passed more blood, to go to the hospital. Guess what..I did all of those things..and didn't get to go to the hospital because my mom said it "won't do any good" and she doesn't want to pay the bill. She's skeptical because she was an ER nurse for like 15+ years. She said I'd leave with no answers. Hell, last time I went to the ER with a status migraine they fixed me right up and gave me pain killers. I need pain killers.
and now Delilah is behind by over 100 votes in that stupid Drago contest..even though I've been trying super hard to get votes.
I guess I just need to vent. I'm upset about my job. I honestly feel like I'm dying at some points because of how bad I'm hurting. I'm scared that I'm bleeding internally and that it's just getting worse.
