So I started here as a part time temporary employee (on salary for 3 days). Sometime around May I started working fulltime by submitting additional hours. In October I went fulltime, officially. Meaning I started getting all the additional benefits I was legally supposed to be getting since May but wasn't. Most importantly healthcare (which kicked in 2 months later, shortly before my hospital stay).
It turns out that ONLY time earned in your last month of temporary employment carries over to a new position. This was never told to me (I should note I never once had a benefits presentation or anything in my original position). I should have assumed I'd get screwed, because
literally every other benefit I was promised turned out to be ********* but I never imagined I'd lose that time.
So yeah.
That REALLY sucks because I was hoping to visit my friend in Slovakia sometime this Spring.
But wait, you might be thinking I have more time earned since December right?
HAHA!
See, when I had my surgery, I contacted my boss and she said she'd handle it. I knew that was a bad idea at the time, but I wasn't really in a position to care/argue that.
So instead of getting a medical leave I... didn't. Which means I'm using my time to pay for that.
I want to make clear that this level of ******** isn't even registering on my anxiety-o-meter right now. I'm so used to getting ****** with my benefits that it's almost just funny.
I mean, what did I expect, to work here fulltime for a year and get the benefits promised to me?
So far, I've been picky with my job hunt, because there are ways in which this position is really good (primarily for resume building). But I'm hitting the point where I think I'd prefer to work at Dunkin Donuts again...