I was scheduled to open today and be at work at 4am. At that time we where under a level 2 snow emergency (Ohio) I live on a cul-de-sac and my whole neighborhood never gets touched by plows. It was -20 wind chill and ice and snow. I have an old car that’s low to the ground and it’s all I can afford. This morning was a struggle. So I texted my sm and opening shift telling them I couldn’t get out of my cup-de-sac. The snow wasn’t supposed to stop till 8am and I would have struggled even more to get home. My guess is the other partner scheduled to open also had problems as 30 minutes later my sm texted everyone that we will be opening at 7am instead. I was only scheduled 4:30-9 anyway.
I then asked my sm if I could use sick pay for today (I have a ton build up) she said yes. Then an hour later she texted me and said she was told explicitly not to use sick pay for people today. I thought we where allowed too but this seems like a district manager decision.