Madamebelle
Mum to Tyler
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Hi
Im suffering with a huge amount of stress at the moment, and my job is the cause of it. My manager A is being a complete **** and treats me like dirt. Im being made to feel like being pregnant is an inconvience to them and it is really getting me down. Its now been 5 weeks since I told them I was pregnant and yet a risk assessment is still to be done. I have spoken to another manager (though higher up than the other manager (also his dad) he isnt running the shop only the rennovations that are going on) about it who basically said, "oh yeah, thanks for reminding me" and thats it nothing, the company doesnt have its own risk assessment for pregnant workers so is "borrowing" the shopping centres (in which we are based). I am not being kept in the loop here and having to keep on at them all the time.
As the shop I work in is a craft shop, I am a crafter and we have our own crafting club on a thursday afternoon, the tuesday prior Manager A asked if i was coming to this craft club I said well i was working the thursday Id see how i was feeling after work, to which he responded thats ok, you can go out when it starts at 4 even though im still classed as working till 5 30. I said ok cool, I will bring my craft bits with me. which he knew was a suitcase. Anyway thursday gets here and i bring my things with me, and when it comes to 4pm he doesnt allow me to go out there, infact doesnt speak to me at all, he knew i was bringing my stuff with me but no apology (i had to drag it into town on the bus) when he doesn decide to talk to me it is to chuck a product towards me and orders me to fix it so it will hang then storms off.
This bloke thinks he is gods gift to women, he also takes his anger out on us, if he has had a bad time outside of work (say a girl has rejected him) I am now refusing to speak to him.
I called in sick today because i was genuinely physically ill, i had a bad stomach, he sent me a text saying if i was feeling better tomorrow did i want to make up the time by working? I havent replied and dont intend on doing so.
We have just had some redundancies and a change around with the rota and due to that and also a weekend girl being on holiday we are a person short on a sunday, this sunday is my rota'd day off, this text is sent because its an easy way for him to find cover which he has known about for a while just leaving it to the last minute to find cover. Im usually very flexable and am willing to do alot of things however not now, this company clearly doesnt give a damn about the health of me or lil one, so why should i them, its only a job and the health of me and lil one come first.
Ive tried talking to the owner of the business about A and been told thats the way he is and a look to say either like it or lump it he isnt going to do anything about it. With it being such a small business there isnt a hr i can go to Ive gone to the top dog and nothing has been done.
I dont know what to do, this is causing me so much stress. I suffer with depression anyway i cant have this on top. If i make an appointment with my GP can they sign me off for work/pregnancy stress, but even if they do i dont know if i will get sick pay from this company, Ive been working for them since mid august last year.
Sorry for the long post, i just need to get this out and hope someone can advise me what to do. I probably sound very angry in this post but i am and am at my witts end now. I cant really afford not to work now as we have lived to our means, but i dont know what to do, no one will take me on knowing im preggers, and even if someone did i prob wouldnt qualify for SMP. I stuck and I hate it!
Im suffering with a huge amount of stress at the moment, and my job is the cause of it. My manager A is being a complete **** and treats me like dirt. Im being made to feel like being pregnant is an inconvience to them and it is really getting me down. Its now been 5 weeks since I told them I was pregnant and yet a risk assessment is still to be done. I have spoken to another manager (though higher up than the other manager (also his dad) he isnt running the shop only the rennovations that are going on) about it who basically said, "oh yeah, thanks for reminding me" and thats it nothing, the company doesnt have its own risk assessment for pregnant workers so is "borrowing" the shopping centres (in which we are based). I am not being kept in the loop here and having to keep on at them all the time.
As the shop I work in is a craft shop, I am a crafter and we have our own crafting club on a thursday afternoon, the tuesday prior Manager A asked if i was coming to this craft club I said well i was working the thursday Id see how i was feeling after work, to which he responded thats ok, you can go out when it starts at 4 even though im still classed as working till 5 30. I said ok cool, I will bring my craft bits with me. which he knew was a suitcase. Anyway thursday gets here and i bring my things with me, and when it comes to 4pm he doesnt allow me to go out there, infact doesnt speak to me at all, he knew i was bringing my stuff with me but no apology (i had to drag it into town on the bus) when he doesn decide to talk to me it is to chuck a product towards me and orders me to fix it so it will hang then storms off.
This bloke thinks he is gods gift to women, he also takes his anger out on us, if he has had a bad time outside of work (say a girl has rejected him) I am now refusing to speak to him.
I called in sick today because i was genuinely physically ill, i had a bad stomach, he sent me a text saying if i was feeling better tomorrow did i want to make up the time by working? I havent replied and dont intend on doing so.
We have just had some redundancies and a change around with the rota and due to that and also a weekend girl being on holiday we are a person short on a sunday, this sunday is my rota'd day off, this text is sent because its an easy way for him to find cover which he has known about for a while just leaving it to the last minute to find cover. Im usually very flexable and am willing to do alot of things however not now, this company clearly doesnt give a damn about the health of me or lil one, so why should i them, its only a job and the health of me and lil one come first.
Ive tried talking to the owner of the business about A and been told thats the way he is and a look to say either like it or lump it he isnt going to do anything about it. With it being such a small business there isnt a hr i can go to Ive gone to the top dog and nothing has been done.
I dont know what to do, this is causing me so much stress. I suffer with depression anyway i cant have this on top. If i make an appointment with my GP can they sign me off for work/pregnancy stress, but even if they do i dont know if i will get sick pay from this company, Ive been working for them since mid august last year.
Sorry for the long post, i just need to get this out and hope someone can advise me what to do. I probably sound very angry in this post but i am and am at my witts end now. I cant really afford not to work now as we have lived to our means, but i dont know what to do, no one will take me on knowing im preggers, and even if someone did i prob wouldnt qualify for SMP. I stuck and I hate it!