Posted on 03/20/2024 3:55:54 PM PDT by grundle
The miscarriage was probably going to happen in any case. The boss not letting her leave when she wanted to was probably not helpful as stress never is but she did leave shortly after, without permission, when her doctor confirmed that she should to do so.
What the suing was about was that reasonable accommodations were not being made for her condition and they fired her for leaving.
Truth. I was young, married, and pregnant in 1989 and worked at the Walgreens down the block to help make ends meet.
Her manager refused to let her go until someone could fill in for her — but then said “she could not find a replacement for her”
I am a woman and I don’t think I am the only female to tell you that woman bosses can be the worse sort of beyotchs. Especially to female workers.
To what?
The boss was a she, besides that your post is spot on.
Just leave, they can’t stop you. Years ago a tornado was heading towards where my kids were. My boss said I couldn’t leave. I said watch me. When I arrived I scrambled to get my kids and the babysitter in the bath tub with mattresses for cover. Scariest thing I ever lived thru. After the storm the field behind the house was littered with pink insulation from all the homes that were hit. We survived and when I returned to work I tendered my resignation.
Nobody can tell me what to do when my safety or my families safety is at hand.....NEVER EVER!
I was working while pregnant and in college at a small furniture store-no way we could have survived otherwise. After my husband graduated, he worked as a firefighter, and a second job-by then the cub was a toddler and I was working at MHMR, but we needed two incomes plus his extra one to be able to buy a modest little house in a decent neighborhood to live in. It was nearly 2 years and he was working as a PE before we could afford to be without his extra job-Thanks, Jimmy Carter.
It is even harder to make ends meet for people in the city now-even out here in this rural area where local produce is fresh and cheaper than in a city, it is hard times in the Biden economy-especially couples with small children-but at least it is easy to homeschool out here-moms can work at home-based businesses...
She did leave. She resigned so she could do so.
Careful. Point out something like that and the white knights will flame you big time. You should read my inbox after saying a single mom neglected her kids.
“The boss was a she, “
Wow. Really? That’s even worse! You can ALMOST understand if a young man were to have made this terrible decision, but a woman ...
It looks like Walgreens needs to re-visit its employee training program, and step it up a notch. Maybe spend less time on woke, and more on real life.
Thanks. I guess when the choice is conservative values or feminism, we still have a way to go.
Don’t confuse a single bad store manager with Walgreens as a whole.
She must have been white
Walgreens didn’t let pregnant worker leave and she miscarried.
I will forward the hate I’m getting for not taking a single mom’s side. It is hilarious yet illuminating. On the one hand woman are strong empowered masters of the universe. But point out the bad choices they make and then they are helpless waifs that can not be held responsible for anything in their lives and must be taken at their words no matter what for they are the helpless damsel. It is quite funny to me. The only other thread I got this much hate was when I praised the polio vaccine years ago.
Do you enjoy your daily pit and groin check?
I’m not a feminist-never have been-but I have been a working mom-because I don’t believe in getting welfare instead of working, getting an education to better yours and your kid’s lives. As 1/2 of a partnership, I helped my husband by working so we could afford a home in a decent place to raise our cub in safety. It is not a “conservative value” for a woman not to support her family-or if married, to stay home and cook instead of helping her husband make money to better their situation for their kids. You sound like what used to be called a male chauvinist...
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