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Old 12-23-2020, 04:45 PM   #8024
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Originally Posted by punkwax View Post
Once upon a time I worked at IKEA in Richmond which is unionized. I’ll never forget a co-worker planning his sick days as vacation days. I was flabbergasted.

Years later I was a hiring manager elsewhere and every resume I saw with heavy union experience always caught my attention. I couldn’t help but think back to the “union way” so many people behaved. Anyone who says “That’s not my job” won’t get employed by me.
Yeah I've seen that far too often. I've overheard people say "Oh Remembrance Day is a Wednesday this year, I'm already off Saturday so I'm going to be sick on Thursday and Friday too"
Pathetic and disgusting use of sick days.
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