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I doubt in 60 days one can accumulate 1 day of sick time to use to go to the doctor. An unexcused absence during the probationary period would likely result in
by CodeWriter23 5y ago
I doubt in 60 days one can accumulate 1 day of sick time to use to go to the doctor. An unexcused absence during the probationary period would likely result in immediate termination.
- missedthecue 5y agoSomeone with diagnosed IBS could get a note in an email exchange with their primary physician.
- CodeWriter23 5y agoSure, if pre-employment, one had the privilege of having a primary physician.
- crooked-v 5y agoAs someone with a pretty good job in software, I don't have a primary physician, because what's "in network" changes every time I switch companies.
- prepend 5y agoA diagnosis of IBS requires a physician, right? It’s surprising that a letter wasn’t obtained on diagnosis in the first place. Any time my doctor says something affects my work, I ask her for a letter in my medical record and keep a copy for myself. This seems pretty straightforward and odd that a letter didn’t exist in the first place.
- mypalmike 5y agoOh they had a primary physician?
- missedthecue 5y agoSomeone diagnosed them with IBS
- CodeWriter23 5y agoDoes not require a physician to diagnose. Diagnosis is based on casual observation and the cause as yet is unknown.
- mullingitover 5y agoA one-hour trip to urgent care, or even an email or phone call to the doctor's office likely would've handled this.
- geofft 5y agoGoing to urgent care to get a routine doctor's note for a non-urgent situation wouldn't be covered by insurance, would it?
- mullingitover 5y agoIf you've been suffering acute IBS for months and can't get a regular doctor's appointment in that time, why would that not be considered a case for urgent care? This whole store lacks enough detail to know exactly what's going on, however, so we're all going to project our biases on it. If you're anti-Amazon you're going to project your assumptions of unfair business practices. If you're skeptical of that position you're going to project your skepticism into the unknowns of the story. Really there aren't enough facts here to know if this is Amazon firing an underperforming employee who is lying about a health condition, or failing to accommodate an employee with a legitimate health problem.
- maxk42 5y agoWalk-in clinics are affordable and frequently faster than urgent care.
- mypalmike 5y agoI thought walk in clinics were exactly urgent care.
- Igelau 5y agoWhere are these quick, affordable, walk-in GI specialist clinics you speak of?
- klyrs 5y agoIBS is a diagnosis of last resort. You don't get that from a walk-in clinic, you get that from a months- or years-long quest to eliminate every possible cause, before your doctor throws up their hands and calls it IBS.
- zamadatix 5y agoI think the 2 weeks sick time and unlimited unpaid sick time off were still in effect, not to mention a full day off probably isn't required. Not to say these policies are grand or the working conditions are anywhere near reasonable just that the claim from the lawsuit it was a disability violation seems like it will be difficult to argue vs just being a shitty place to work.
- CodeWriter23 5y agoMy current job, I started with 0 hrs sick time and accumulate 1.67hrs per pay period (2x/mo). I’m fortunate that I work in a cool place and they would have fronted me the day off if I needed it.