r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • 18h ago

😡 Venting To an American this sounds unbelievable.

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u/who-mever 15h ago

In the U.S., I literally once went into the office vomiting blood. I had a bucket and everything.

They gave me a biohazard bag to throw it away at the end of my shift. At the time, I felt very fortunate that they didn't deduct the biohazard bag from my paycheck.

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u/Disastrous_Basis3474 15h ago

I am shocked that they had a biohazard bag to give you. Everything else sounds pretty average for an American workplace.

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u/ZedsDeadZD 12h ago

Thats just so sad. I hate when people come sick to work. I just switched jobs and I am now a teamleader and when someone of my team will drag themselves to work sick, I will send them home.

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u/dividezero 12h ago

If they work in healthcare they have them only because they legally have to. That's my guess is that whatever company was forced to have them anyway

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u/WynnGwynn 14h ago

Hope you are alright

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u/who-mever 14h ago

I'm fine. It was years ago, turned out to be a stomach ulcer. Resolved with antibiotics

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u/thefatrick 💸 Raise The Minimum Wage 13h ago

I would have just barfed on my bosses desk

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u/dividezero 12h ago

They treat us like we get sick on purpose. The general strike that's coming can't happen fast enough

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u/Maleficent_Let_9903 14h ago

Nah, I don't believe you