![]() So I quit my job.īoth Leadership’s management and employee safety reasons for leaving are preventable by the organization. I was afraid of the spread of the Coronavirus so I asked the manager to allow me to wear a mask, but it was rejected.Being asked to resign over a practice that the organization would themselves adopt a week later shows poor foresight & echoes how the organization is continually behind in what is deemed ‘best practice.’” It wasn’t long after I left that the facility adopted the policy to make sure that everyone was wearing a mask. “I no longer felt safe & was asked to resign when I refused to take off my mask to protect myself from COVID.We were not allowed to use gloves or masks, but still had to go into the ER, and I did not feel comfortable.” “I felt the risk of my exposure to Covid-19 was too high as a pharmacy tech.“There was a COVID-19 pandemic and there were no accommodations put in place to practice social distancing (such has moving desk six feet apart or working in shifts) and there were minimal disinfectant agents available to keep shared work areas clean.”.I abandoned my position because of this.” I was told that they had no plans to do that any time soon. They were not even checking temperatures of the staff. “I left the company because, after I read the regulations that the state set up for the COVID 19 pandemic, I felt it was unsafe to continue to work there.Additionally, organizations lack proper oversight practices that have become normal during this pandemic. Reason 3: Concrete concerns about personal safety and lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Īn alarming number of employees (many within the healthcare industry) were told by leaders that they could not wear PPE, including masks. On my last day of work she came to the nurse station and said: ‘You guys need to stop being so anxious about the coronavirus it is no big deal it is just the flu.’ She was yelling at me and raising her voice and I was crying. She never once asked about my health and I just cannot work for someone who does not care about their employee’s health.” ![]() Then 10 days later she emailed me to let her know what schedule I wanted. I called my manager and told her what was going on and all she said was oh. I contracted Coronavirus and I was out sick.
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