Need Advice Manager Made A Big Deal About Me Stepping Away For A Breathing Treatment
Hey everyone, I could really use some outside perspective on something that happened at work today.
I work in a hospital, and earlier today I stepped away from my workstation to take a breathing treatment because my asthma started flaring up. I’m allowed a 15-minute break, so that’s what I took but the treatment ended up taking a bit longer than expected. I didn’t realize how much time had passed until one of the managers (not my direct supervisor, but the manager on duty) texted me asking why I wasn’t clocked out yet.
I explained that I was taking a breathing treatment and that my asthma was bothering me. He started questioning why I didn’t tell him directly or my supervisor, even though I had already let a couple of my coworkers know where I was going so they could pass the message along if needed. The tone of the conversation felt unnecessarily harsh, and it turned into a bigger deal than it really should’ve been.
Right after that, I messaged my supervisor to let her know what had happened and asked what I needed to do to fix my time. She told me to fill out a time adjustment form, which I did to make sure my timecard accurately reflected the longer break so it didn’t look like I was “stealing company time.”
Now I’m just feeling uneasy about the situation. I followed the process to correct my time, kept people informed, and handled it the best I could in the moment. But I’m worried they might try to twist it into some kind of policy violation.
Has anyone dealt with something similar where a simple situation got blown out of proportion or where a manager acted out of line about something minor? Did filing a formal complaint help, or did it make things worse? I’d love to hear how others handled it.
Location: Kansas, USA
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