Working Woes

I am so tired of issues at work. I am not only worried about my job because our management is too ignorant to listen to us little people, but now today I almost got written up for the stupidest reason.

Our HR rep called and said she wanted to discuss my most recent time card with me. She said our senior manager wanted me to realize it is not ok to use sick time if you run out of vacation time. (Ok, so I didn't have quite enough vacation time to cover our recent family camping trip. So I used some sick time. I really didn't see a problem with it, and my manager obviously approved it, so I thought it was fine.)

Anyway, she said that I wasn't going to get written up this time, but that I am only allowed to use sick time if I am sick and I can only use vacation time for vacation. No switching it around.

The way I see it is, this is a "BENEFIT" given to us from the company. It is earned time, and we, the employee earning it, should be able to use this time in any way we need to. I love when companies list sick and vacation time as PTO. It is so much easier. That is really what it is.

I am so wishing I had another option right now so I could just walk out. As much as I love what I do, the stress lately is not so great. I totally understand that our company is feeling the recessions pinch like everyone else. But I chose to work for this company because of the values they seemed to hold. It doesn't seem like they stick to those values when times get rough. They doubled my insurance premiums, are taking away my opportunity for a bonus, and now are telling me how to use my time off.

I am completely frustrated!