I started working at Kroger (I would rather not say where) in Georgia because I missed in "HIS WORDS" 48 hours.
I went and completed the training at "Kroger University" the last 3 days I was NOT feeling well but sucked it up and went. Before my first day at the actual store I was burning up with a fever AT THE HIGHEST 105.4 (YES I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL),I went to my first day and TRIED MY VERY BEST to suck it up and work, I started feeling weak and could feel the fever coming back and the last straw was when I started throwing up. I was hired and working in the Deli. I talked to my manager and let them know that I was throwing up and WAS TOLD TO GO HOME GET BETTER.
I ended up in the hospital 3 other times after that because of my symptoms!!! The flu went around my house and I was the third to get it and then my child got sick and I was still burning up and throwing up and taking care of an 8 year old boy who acts like a 1 or 2 year old while sick. I went to the hospital AGAIN (4th time in a week maybe 6 days). I was burning up with a fever as low as 101.5 to as high as 105.4, throwing up, upset stomach, not able to breath right, throat killing me, sometimes my husband (who is disabled) had to help me walk to the bathroom and had to do everything because I was not able to. THE LAST TIME I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD PNUMONIA AND NODULES ON MY THYROID (WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE CANCER) BECAUSE THEY DID A CT SCAN!!!!!!!!!
I CALLED KROGER EVERY SINGLE DAY AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. On Monday of this week (May 25) I talked to the store manager after another associate informed me of them firing a woman who was 6 months pregnant because she did not disclose that to them and they might fire me because I did not disclose to them that I had thyroid cancer. (I DID NOT KNOW I JUST FOUND OUT!!!!! AND I CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM RIGHT AFTER I FOUND OUT TO INFORM THEM OF BOTH MY PNUMONIA AND THYROID CANCER!!!!!!!! ). He told me that I had nothing to worry about that I was not getting fired.
Fast forward to today May 30. I went in at 11am and went to talk to the manager about my biopsy (to see what stage cancer I have) and my recovery time (my biopsy is on a Monday and I wanted Tuesday off because I am not about able to work on Wednesday and Thursday) I was going to tell him I was willing to work that Thursday and Friday Saturday and Sunday.
I busted my ass ALL day doing things that I normally don't do because it's not on the list of my job duties, and I had NOT one bit of trouble with doing it... At 4:30ish I was called to the office and that's when I was told I have 2 options I could either be suspended and NOT be able to ever come back to work at Kroger or I could write a note saying I was voluntarily quitting because of my health. I FELT I HAD NO CHOICES IN THE MATTER BECAUSE THEY SAID I MISSED "HIS WORDS 48 HOURS" EVEN THO I HAD PNUMONIA AND AT THIS TIME I HAVE WALKING PNUMONIA AND THYROID CANCER....
HOW IS THIS FAIR OR EVEN LEGAL????? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO? THERE WAS DAYS THAT I WOULD WORK AN 8 HOUR SHIFT AND NOT GET ANY BREAKS. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO TAKE MY MEDICATION I HAD TO RUN AND TAKE IT AND COME BACK AS FAST AS I COULD.....
The contract is clear, you can be fired for any reason or really no reason during probation. They had a reason, you weren't dependable. They're not a charity, they're a business.
About the only thing you can do is spread the word of your experience with Kroger. Go on Facebook. Write a letter to your newspaper. Kroger hates bad publicity. Just be sure that what you say is truthful.
I think you should focus on you health first, then find a job with insurance. It's hard to get enough hours starting out at Kroger part time. Plus you don't need to be working 8 hours with no break. Kroger is not a good place to work.
Your health comes first, and Kroger doesn't seem to care about that. I had to call out while on my way to the ER. I got yelled at for it But well, I couldn't walk, let alone stand. What else could I have done? Maybe come into work anyways, only to be useless because I'd be in too much pain to think of anything else. Yeah...
