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RE: Job forces me to attend church
July 13, 2014 at 9:44 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2014 at 10:26 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
Here's what you can do: get a lawyer. If you don't have the money, go to your local ACLU or People for the Awmerican Way chapter and see if they have one to help pro bono. This seems like religious discrimination, but the fact that you are a caregiver provides an added twist (my son's mom did that fo a long time and you do have to tolerate the patients deisres and regard his or her well-being first). Anyway, get a lawyer and start squaring up for a knock-down drag-out -- it looks like one is coming your way.
And while you're at it, freshen up your resume and if possible get out before they become a negative reference.
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RE: Job forces me to attend church
July 17, 2014 at 6:29 am
Good Luck mate, I've just been made redundant from the Mental Health sector and desperately trying to avoid getting sucked into care work.
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RE: Job forces me to attend church
July 17, 2014 at 7:58 am
(July 13, 2014 at 6:51 am)TheGamingAtheist Wrote: The other 2 staff members have told me plenty of times that I was going to hell and how unfortunate it is that I am the way I am.
If that is a weekly or daily occurrence, that's harassment & actionable in the US.
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RE: Job forces me to attend church
July 20, 2014 at 11:24 am
This is, for sure, a tough situation.
Were it me, I would suck it up until you get a job doing something you like. Seems like this, of all the patients you've been with, is pretty optimal. Is there any chance that the real reason this is so bothersome is that you dislike your job? Seems like that could be spilling over.
Is this time being active and participating in something good for your patient? Take the church part out of it. Isn't that your job? Are they requiring you to participate in the rituals while you're at church?
TGA, that old cliche about never working a day in your life if you love what you do rings true most of the time. Sometimes work is shitty for everyone. But if it is shitty every day, it's probably time to start planning to make a change, no?
