Need advice - Job wants to me come back from family leave early

[ForLoveOnly]

Originally Posted by convextech

As if I wasn't grieving my father's sudden death? Yes, I was, but I am a mature adult and I have bills to pay that don't get paid without a job. Come on, now.

I agree 100% with you. While I can sympathize... the person grieving may feel like their world has come to a halt... unfortunately the rest of the world hasn't.

Everyone has personal s*** going on their lives. As sad as the OP probably feels it's really an everyday event in the real world.

I am very sorry about your mom OP.

[runswithscissors]

Originally Posted by thunderkat59

Everyone thinks they are important. You're not. I'm not. No one is. If you/your business disappears today, you will be all but forgotten tomorrow. The world will find a way to move forward without us. As unbelievable as that might be to you, it is the truth.

That's so cute - like nobody knows this.

The POINT of this thread was not some existential vague debate but an OP who you told to walk away from her job instead of SIMPLY cleaning up her mother's affairs in a more efficient way.

Like I said, I get it. #feelthebernfantasy

[ackmondual]

Originally Posted by jeffdoorgunner

I thought about explaining it to you............however in your case it would be a waste of time.......

Chalk this up towards that saying... "If we have to explain it, then you'll never know"

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by kevinm

Why should an employer make YOUR problem THEIR problem? People are hired to solve problems for the company, not add more.

I missed the funerals of all my grandparents because what I was doing for my employer was more important than staring at a casket 3 hours away.

Wow. That's a horrible attitude.

[johnp292]

Originally Posted by Kibbiekat

Wow. That's a horrible attitude.

It reminds me of a VP at a retail company where I worked early in my career. Sold his soul to the company and thought everyone else should too. His wife and only son worked there also.

This particular company was so "thrifty" that if they sent me on business trips they would require that I leave on a weekend day because the airfares were cheaper. I didn't mind, though, because the place I travelled to regularly was Boca Raton. I was more than happy to spend the weekend on a Florida beach.

On one trip, the VP I'm referring to also was going to Boca, so when the flights were arranged they seated us together. It was a Saturday, I had a meeting with a vendor on Monday. During the flight, he asked me if I had any work plans for Sunday. When I said no, he told me to "come by the store tomorrow, I'll be there and we will find something for you to do." He was quite shocked when I told him no, that i was giving up being home with my family so the company could save a few bucks and the weekend was still mine, I'll see you Monday!

Years later, he had a sudden heart attack and died. At his memorial service, there was not One Single Person who wasn't either an employee of the company or a business partner. No family other than his widow and son, no friends. Nobody.

I thought that was one of the saddest things I ever saw. That company, by the way, went bankrupt (long after I left, thankfully) and no longer exists.