Guy Gets Hit by Drunk Driver, Boss Expects Him to Work the Next Day

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Eric Lund
Nov 24, 2019 11:00 PM EST

When this guy was in a crazy car crash that left him on light duty, his boss wanted him to get back on the job as if he wasn't injured at all. This didn't exactly work out in his boss's favor. Sometimes power tripping bosses get what's coming, like this boss who didn't allow sick days, or this incompetent owner who fired a special contractor.

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    Text - r/MaliciousCompliance Posted by u/EmpZurg_ 12 hours ago I know you almost died, but can you work tomorrow? OC L TL;DR. Got hurt at work, took a bribe. Manager tried to threaten me out of the deal, backfired and I got offered a better bribe I worked as a rescue technician for a Safety and Rescue company that provides various emergency medical services at construction and hazardous zones.
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    Text - Our scheduling manager was notorious for doing and saying whatever he felt to get empty shifts filled, ironically circumventing a lot of job safety regulations.but on this particular Sunday I was involuntarily volunteered to work. On the way to a job site, I was involved in a car crash that resulted in our truck turning into an accordion and burning to the frame on a major interstate.gotta love drunk drivers, right? Luckily, my partner and I had relatively minor injuries. Among the trivia
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    Text - HR was very understanding asked if I was still able to at least come to the office for light duty instead of claiming wages from workers comp. Seeing as comp was already paying for medical treatment, a new phone and laptop of my choosing, and I could still drive, I said sure. (my job had no light duty... So I basically came to the main office and licked stamps). This continued for about 3 work days. On the fourth day, Scheduling Manager decided I was ready to go to a refinery and climb ar
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    Text - Manager: Nobody wants to come in. We're short handed today so you need to be at *refinery 105 miles away in an hour. You can take truck 23. Me:"Sorry, Manager. I'm still on light duty." Manager: Are you serious? How long are you going to milk this out dude. I need you to do some real work tomorrow I have too many jobs going on. Me: I'll let you know if anything changes. I'm sure it won't look good to refinery if I show up limping on a crutch when. I'm supposed to be dragging people out of
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    Text - The next morning I wake up to an email with a job assignment. Same refinery, same position. I call HR and he says he'll take care of it and to come into the office for light duty Scheduling Manager is waiting for me at the door. SM: Really man? We just talked about this. Let me clue you into something-we don't have light duty here. You need to be put on a job site your next shift or I'm going to put you on unpaid time off. Your discharge papers didn't say you can't work. ME: HR Guy told m
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    Text - At this point I was starting to walk without my crutch in short bursts. I was expecting to try a job site on Monday if the weekend showed more improvement, but after these interactions I felt petty SM was vital and interweaved with the company. He had been there for 16 years or so, so getting him in trouble wasn't an option. I knew to drive a point home I had to aim for the only thing that mattered. His empty shifts. I went to HR to apologized for the paperwork he's about do file. I tell
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    Text - Not only was there still deep bruising, but the Dr diagnosed me with sprained adduction and abduction muscles. ESTIMATED RETURN DATE 3 WEEKS. I happily composed an email to SM and attached the note. He replied with a flurry of angry emails which I forwarded to HR with my original Dr note. HR Guy told me I could either stay home and take the comp pay or come to the office daily at my leisure, leaving any time after lunch . He promised that SM wouldn't bother me, and I could occupy the spar
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    Text - I gladly took the latter offer and for the next three weeks I was sitting in my office, playing MMOS on my laptop all morning, going home at 12:30. Never really had an issue after that,. In fact, he never contacted me directly after that All my scheduling was given as a general memo by the secretary. I did leave for another job 2 months later., And to this day I get emails asking me to do contracted jobs for them. EDIT: If anyone is wondering why I didn't file complaints and was hesitant
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