Got a message on voice mail from boss pissed off so to speak as to how I worded my charting. She went on to say if I do it again, she gonna write me up, and to call her. I did call but she wasn't available. Bosses don't get their own voice mail box, and we're not allowed to call the supervisor's private cell # because the company wants to monitor all calls to boss. If not available, you have to leave a message with whoever answers the phone, who in turn is supposed to send her an email. Maybe half the time they forget, boss doesn't get an email.
She called me at home, said she wanted me to go all the way to BFE corp office to go over some charting, that it should only take 10 to 15 minutes at the most. Problem was/is not only is it way out of the way and with my comically low wages (I've worked as contractor 7 years, started at $18/hr 7 yrs ago, which then got cut to $17.50--then another cut to $15.75--and they take $70/wk out of check to pay for health insurance, with crappy coverage compared to other registries)
Anyway, the no sick or vacation pay I was able to deal with. Not getting any raises in spite of getting excellent reviews (cept for last 5 months them bein pissed about me bein late half the time---but reliable 5 nights a week) not only do I or any of us not get any raises, we get pay cuts. All of us last 7 yrs I been there got 5%, then 10% cut in pay a couple years after the first cut. Then, on top of that, this cheap ass company 2 years ago decides to cut time and a half when we work holidays.
I have an easy job, graveyard are bomb hours---they suit me--plus the luxury of generally being able to bypass the bosses, the state, and all the other day time crap I hate. Also, up until maybe 18 months ago I worked 4 nights, off 3--making the lack of benefits and crap pay bearable cause of being able to not have to deal with the freaken work world each week night for 3 nights off--something that proved quite doable for balancing my chemicals with work. I don't tweak and blow off work, haven't since 2006, and until 5 months ago, was early or on time almost always without fail.
Then since mid 2008 came the chronic fatigue when I made the dumb mistake of taking Tramadol for too long---not knowing it was an anti depressant and ended up leaving me feeling tired all the time, and this all started when I had been off all fun drugs/booze 2 yrs---cept for Tramadol last 9 months of being clean--and getting all these tests done by doc----after $680 my portion of insurance bill I ran out of damn money, but I had to work as rent and car don't pay for themselves. I worked 2 shifts 6 days a week for 2 months when the 2nd pay cut hit us----after that I was just too tired and went back to 4 nights a week.
Well now with all this new beaurocratic CRAP and their dumb HIPPA rules---the company now all of a sudden is all about things that are so beside the point, mainly beaurocratic red tape rules as opposed to patient care----shit up until the last couple months never gave a crap about and were too cheap to do these apparent background checks (aside from initial one b4 getting hired) and are all gung ho making us do these continuing ed courses online only as opposed to pencil and paper--which I hate---so what I'm saying here is the company seems hell bent demanding we go through all this time consuming crap, do these tests online, and are now all fired up about saying my charting is wrong because I quoted pediatric client's mom's refusal to comply with my cooling the client down-by removing 2 extra outer layers of clothing/blankets off client who is sweating and/or feverish.
I was told I was to come into the office and boss was going to go over simple charting how she wants it done and be there to answer any questions. As for the charting, I did it the way I've done it for years & didn't do anything wrong as far as I'm concerned. Then there were 2 times I guess I left clients first name on company after hours on call machine----as I've done last 7 years that is now all of a sudden this breach of confidentiality. Boss didn't say I was getting written up for that, but the accounting manager's inuendos were indicating as such. I've never been written up, only had excellent reviews--not that it means a damn thing.
Ok well aside from gas expense of being forced to go down there, not to mention the inconvenience of it, and having this uneasy feeling in the back of my ind saying something ain't quite right. I admit and own up to the lateness, but I finally told the schedulers again (every year turn over in office staff it seems) I need to cut my hours go back 4 nights a week but said every other week for now be fine----so I'm not so damn tired all the time. It made this crap bearable, but I could NOT drive my car on freeway, I had to cancel 3 times cause I couldnt get a ride down there or rent a car as I dont have $300 deposit or didnt so boss knew this was a big hassle for me, but beyond my control. Then, the scheduler dude let slip that the CEO and my boss (3rd one in a year--never had any complaint from other 2) had rearranged their morning appointments so I HAD to be there.
Wow. Lets just say I am MOST disappointed that my boss and 2 suits ---- something I was NOT told had planned some intimidation tactic to pull on me. The company has no one to fill my shifts , even given 2 or more weeks notice I wont be there (I took one unpaid wk off vacation 2007 and an unpaid sick leave week in 2006) and no one had worked my shifts. The mom can be a rude bitch and doesnt speak much English--talks down to staff sayin shit in Vietnamese or just blatantly butts right in front of me when I'm doing a treatment/giving meds---meaning she body slams me dont say excuse me or nothing---and refuses heat in winter for caregivers and A/C in summer no matter how hot or freezing. Our company treats it's employees like shit and are the cheapest I've ever dealt with---but put up with it for the price of my freedom to not have to be somewhere 5 days a week or could take off.
Plus the chronic fatigue, me pushing 50, my confidence level is crap, and then there is the cursed background checks going to look for a new job. I have no felonies, no misdeameanors, but I did finish my drug diversion class and charges against me were dismissed in feb or may 2008----but says rights there in black and white the times I got popped for possetion of controlled substance----5 arrests/including probatuion violation/drivin on susp license cause car wouldnt pass smog---(not a DUI) and simply put, I don't want to have to explain fuck all---and now of all times theres not a huge demand for tired old broads 50 y/o with this dismissed drug charges on my background check. My doc back in 2009 is fully aware and has lab work and chronic fatigue complaint....I've not listened to Mom and asked to go on disability cause now that I cut back to 4 nights a week every other week---it was a job I could do and I didn't want to be some asshole moochin off the system if I didn't have to and now...I don't know whats gonna happen and I just may have to.
Could I be in trouble too for the chronic fatigue? I don't even know if I'm going to work or not tonight---cause I get these dumb panic attacks thinkin about it, but mainly, when I heard about these suits and my boss for this "charting instruction," well it pretty much means one thing. I'm not sure if I'm getting fired, but I thought it odd if they meant to fire me than why not just do it over the phone and tell me I'm not needed or whatever. What is upsetting me is I HATE being forced into situations like this----NOT knowing the law or my rights and these 3 suits and me alone without any knowledge or what I should or should not say and no legal counsel with me----so that said---I really don't know what the fuck to say or do or the best way to proceed cause this all happened today and I had NO time to prepare and of course was unable to get legal counsel TODAY fuck. That is when I need it, NOW, not 2 days from now so I will end up getting screwed. I wish I knew how to PROCEED!!!
She called me at home, said she wanted me to go all the way to BFE corp office to go over some charting, that it should only take 10 to 15 minutes at the most. Problem was/is not only is it way out of the way and with my comically low wages (I've worked as contractor 7 years, started at $18/hr 7 yrs ago, which then got cut to $17.50--then another cut to $15.75--and they take $70/wk out of check to pay for health insurance, with crappy coverage compared to other registries)
Anyway, the no sick or vacation pay I was able to deal with. Not getting any raises in spite of getting excellent reviews (cept for last 5 months them bein pissed about me bein late half the time---but reliable 5 nights a week) not only do I or any of us not get any raises, we get pay cuts. All of us last 7 yrs I been there got 5%, then 10% cut in pay a couple years after the first cut. Then, on top of that, this cheap ass company 2 years ago decides to cut time and a half when we work holidays.
I have an easy job, graveyard are bomb hours---they suit me--plus the luxury of generally being able to bypass the bosses, the state, and all the other day time crap I hate. Also, up until maybe 18 months ago I worked 4 nights, off 3--making the lack of benefits and crap pay bearable cause of being able to not have to deal with the freaken work world each week night for 3 nights off--something that proved quite doable for balancing my chemicals with work. I don't tweak and blow off work, haven't since 2006, and until 5 months ago, was early or on time almost always without fail.
Then since mid 2008 came the chronic fatigue when I made the dumb mistake of taking Tramadol for too long---not knowing it was an anti depressant and ended up leaving me feeling tired all the time, and this all started when I had been off all fun drugs/booze 2 yrs---cept for Tramadol last 9 months of being clean--and getting all these tests done by doc----after $680 my portion of insurance bill I ran out of damn money, but I had to work as rent and car don't pay for themselves. I worked 2 shifts 6 days a week for 2 months when the 2nd pay cut hit us----after that I was just too tired and went back to 4 nights a week.
Well now with all this new beaurocratic CRAP and their dumb HIPPA rules---the company now all of a sudden is all about things that are so beside the point, mainly beaurocratic red tape rules as opposed to patient care----shit up until the last couple months never gave a crap about and were too cheap to do these apparent background checks (aside from initial one b4 getting hired) and are all gung ho making us do these continuing ed courses online only as opposed to pencil and paper--which I hate---so what I'm saying here is the company seems hell bent demanding we go through all this time consuming crap, do these tests online, and are now all fired up about saying my charting is wrong because I quoted pediatric client's mom's refusal to comply with my cooling the client down-by removing 2 extra outer layers of clothing/blankets off client who is sweating and/or feverish.
I was told I was to come into the office and boss was going to go over simple charting how she wants it done and be there to answer any questions. As for the charting, I did it the way I've done it for years & didn't do anything wrong as far as I'm concerned. Then there were 2 times I guess I left clients first name on company after hours on call machine----as I've done last 7 years that is now all of a sudden this breach of confidentiality. Boss didn't say I was getting written up for that, but the accounting manager's inuendos were indicating as such. I've never been written up, only had excellent reviews--not that it means a damn thing.
Ok well aside from gas expense of being forced to go down there, not to mention the inconvenience of it, and having this uneasy feeling in the back of my ind saying something ain't quite right. I admit and own up to the lateness, but I finally told the schedulers again (every year turn over in office staff it seems) I need to cut my hours go back 4 nights a week but said every other week for now be fine----so I'm not so damn tired all the time. It made this crap bearable, but I could NOT drive my car on freeway, I had to cancel 3 times cause I couldnt get a ride down there or rent a car as I dont have $300 deposit or didnt so boss knew this was a big hassle for me, but beyond my control. Then, the scheduler dude let slip that the CEO and my boss (3rd one in a year--never had any complaint from other 2) had rearranged their morning appointments so I HAD to be there.
Wow. Lets just say I am MOST disappointed that my boss and 2 suits ---- something I was NOT told had planned some intimidation tactic to pull on me. The company has no one to fill my shifts , even given 2 or more weeks notice I wont be there (I took one unpaid wk off vacation 2007 and an unpaid sick leave week in 2006) and no one had worked my shifts. The mom can be a rude bitch and doesnt speak much English--talks down to staff sayin shit in Vietnamese or just blatantly butts right in front of me when I'm doing a treatment/giving meds---meaning she body slams me dont say excuse me or nothing---and refuses heat in winter for caregivers and A/C in summer no matter how hot or freezing. Our company treats it's employees like shit and are the cheapest I've ever dealt with---but put up with it for the price of my freedom to not have to be somewhere 5 days a week or could take off.
Plus the chronic fatigue, me pushing 50, my confidence level is crap, and then there is the cursed background checks going to look for a new job. I have no felonies, no misdeameanors, but I did finish my drug diversion class and charges against me were dismissed in feb or may 2008----but says rights there in black and white the times I got popped for possetion of controlled substance----5 arrests/including probatuion violation/drivin on susp license cause car wouldnt pass smog---(not a DUI) and simply put, I don't want to have to explain fuck all---and now of all times theres not a huge demand for tired old broads 50 y/o with this dismissed drug charges on my background check. My doc back in 2009 is fully aware and has lab work and chronic fatigue complaint....I've not listened to Mom and asked to go on disability cause now that I cut back to 4 nights a week every other week---it was a job I could do and I didn't want to be some asshole moochin off the system if I didn't have to and now...I don't know whats gonna happen and I just may have to.
Could I be in trouble too for the chronic fatigue? I don't even know if I'm going to work or not tonight---cause I get these dumb panic attacks thinkin about it, but mainly, when I heard about these suits and my boss for this "charting instruction," well it pretty much means one thing. I'm not sure if I'm getting fired, but I thought it odd if they meant to fire me than why not just do it over the phone and tell me I'm not needed or whatever. What is upsetting me is I HATE being forced into situations like this----NOT knowing the law or my rights and these 3 suits and me alone without any knowledge or what I should or should not say and no legal counsel with me----so that said---I really don't know what the fuck to say or do or the best way to proceed cause this all happened today and I had NO time to prepare and of course was unable to get legal counsel TODAY fuck. That is when I need it, NOW, not 2 days from now so I will end up getting screwed. I wish I knew how to PROCEED!!!