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So, i've been on medical leave for nearly two weeks for pneumonia. i had written notes faxed from the doctor's office to work, legitimizing my absence immediately without me having to haul my sick ass self all the way to work. The doc teneatively cleared me to return on Tuesday, Feb 28. The Friday before, i had to go into work to pick up some paperwork for the doc to fill out. i wasn't able to go in to work until after the doctor's clinic closed for the day on Friday. By Monday, i had forgotten to drop off the paperwork. Tuesday i went in ready to work at the warehouse. Joe, the District Manager asks me "Where is your 'Return to Work' paperwork?
i was given a lot of paperwork, but a "Return to Work" form was not a part of that package.
He gave me a new copy and sent me home--essentially so that i COULD get the form signed... i went to the clinic, dropped off the paperwork and asked the receptionist "when will this be done?" the receptionist replied that because the office was short one doctor, the other two doctors were already overbooked. i left my phone number and went home to wait.
Wednesday morning, today, i woke up early to call the clinic to ask about my paperwork. It was at THIS time that i was informed that i would have to make an appointment to see the doc to get the forms filled out, and the next available appointment was March 6th... and entire week away.
This would have left me in limbo-- my medical leave is over, yet i'm not allowed to return to work without this paperwork.
i begged and pleaded, and they are squeezing me in at 7:40am Thursday morning which is plenty of time for me to get the paperwork filled out and go to work for my full scheduled day.
The "problem" with all of this is that i wasn't given the paperwork that i needed until the day that i was supposed to return to work. The store manager is probably going to insist that the paperwork WAS given to me in plenty of time to get it filled out. Who is Joe going to believe? me or the manager?
Even if the paperwork had been given to me Friday when i stopped into the store, there's a good chance that my doctor wouldn't have been able to see me anyway... unfortunately, the manager probably won't believe that, either...
So now i'm unable to sleep because i'm stressing out about what my day back is going to be like... i'll be reprimanded for not having the paperwork filled out by Tuesday even though i didn't get it until Tuesday, and i'm going to get reprimanded for being sick in the first place (you think i'm kidding, but actually that happened to me last year. i was actually told that i need to make a better effort toward not getting sick...)
i was given a lot of paperwork, but a "Return to Work" form was not a part of that package.
He gave me a new copy and sent me home--essentially so that i COULD get the form signed... i went to the clinic, dropped off the paperwork and asked the receptionist "when will this be done?" the receptionist replied that because the office was short one doctor, the other two doctors were already overbooked. i left my phone number and went home to wait.
Wednesday morning, today, i woke up early to call the clinic to ask about my paperwork. It was at THIS time that i was informed that i would have to make an appointment to see the doc to get the forms filled out, and the next available appointment was March 6th... and entire week away.
This would have left me in limbo-- my medical leave is over, yet i'm not allowed to return to work without this paperwork.
i begged and pleaded, and they are squeezing me in at 7:40am Thursday morning which is plenty of time for me to get the paperwork filled out and go to work for my full scheduled day.
The "problem" with all of this is that i wasn't given the paperwork that i needed until the day that i was supposed to return to work. The store manager is probably going to insist that the paperwork WAS given to me in plenty of time to get it filled out. Who is Joe going to believe? me or the manager?
Even if the paperwork had been given to me Friday when i stopped into the store, there's a good chance that my doctor wouldn't have been able to see me anyway... unfortunately, the manager probably won't believe that, either...
So now i'm unable to sleep because i'm stressing out about what my day back is going to be like... i'll be reprimanded for not having the paperwork filled out by Tuesday even though i didn't get it until Tuesday, and i'm going to get reprimanded for being sick in the first place (you think i'm kidding, but actually that happened to me last year. i was actually told that i need to make a better effort toward not getting sick...)
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