I work part time because I am trying to avoid injury and after my car died my expenses went down I take Lyft but I am trying to get my bike running for when the weather gets warmer.
I caught Covid for 2 and a half weeks about a month ago and used all my paid time off no mention of the new California law about a weeks pay for sick leave Human Resources ignored my emails on the subject.
Before that I pulled a muscle was on Workperson’s Comp in October, Amazon insisted I work the label gun for packages I refused so I did not get paid for a month.
I refused because they wanted me to come in for the 3 am morning shift I work days the last thing my Nephews, Sister and Brother in Law need is my walking around at 3 am trying to cook food and eat before work they got school and day jobs I work the day shift for a reason I need to eat before work if I am going to unload trucks, pull, stow etc
That and sometimes the label I would have to scan on packages coming down the conveyer belt so I can add another label on the package would be upside down so I would have to flip the packages over to scan that label are over what the Doctor said was my weight limit to work safetly at
I did not want to get more hurt I thought Amazon Human Resources would allow my paid leave their buearcracy works slow. Nope I got unpaid leave but it took a week or so to get even that.
Which is funny my old Amazon Warehouse also in California refused to let me work when I had a similar injury ( the Doctor said the X-rays were almost identical ). Plus I got paid leave.
Linda Sanchez is my Congressperson I wonder if she can help? I am sending her a copy of this diary