We Can’t Believe What Her Boss’ Response Was To Her Mental Day Request

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🗓️ 10 August 2022

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Death happens in your family and when you try to call off your boss tells you that you still must come to work – what do you do? One of our listeners is a 21-year-old college student who recently quit her job at Starbucks after being told she couldn’t call out of work without penalty, even though she just lost her best friend. Her family adopted Gandy when he was just a small puppy. The family finds out that Gandy had cancer, but because of Gandy’s age, there was nothing that could be done to help him. When Gandy dies, the Bert Show listener sends a text to her boss letting him know that she is scheduled to work on the day they will be putting Gandy down, and as a result, she will be looking for someone to cover her shift and won’t be coming to work that day. Her manager texts her back asking for her to put her dog down on a night she is not scheduled to work the next day. Her boss also tells her that if she calls out it won’t be approved because it is so short notice. Shortly after that, she sends a text back including her two weeks notice that she will no longer be working for Starbucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The virtue.
0:01.0	Mental health day.
0:03.2	Mental health day.
0:04.2	Get your ass in the work.
0:06.2	That's how some supervisors are going to look at it, right?
0:09.7	You know, back in the day, there were no mental health days.
0:11.7	You just took a sick day, right?
0:13.8	But now I'm a big old fan.
0:15.9	If the world's coming at you, a whole bunch of different ways, you need just one day
0:20.2	because you're going to be a POS at work.
0:22.8	Do us all the favor.
0:24.4	And do yourself a favor and take 24 and show out.
0:29.4	I really think that's the way healthier way to run a business, right?
0:33.0	Yeah, because I think, and I'm really glad to see this shift.
0:38.6	And I feel like there are some people who, when they're looking at the hustle culture,
0:45.3	yes, you got to put in hard work in order to move up in the ranks, but at what expense.
0:54.8	So there's a delicate balance of putting in the hard work and overexerting yourself
1:00.8	mentally and physically to the point that you are a shell of a human being.
1:06.6	So hopefully you are in an environment or in a culture where they embrace taking care
1:12.8	of your mental health.
1:14.1	And that if you need to take a beat, you can take a beat because it's going to make you
1:17.7	a happier, better employee and it's only going to increase your productivity.
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