Ok, so I had to quit my new job for valid reasons.
Story:
So I was hired as a guest room attendant at a local casino/resort.
Great job, though hard, great crew, great department head.
Since I started, I'd been having breathing difficulty, I chalked it up to being out of shape, and working exclusively in rooms were smoking was allowed.
Yesterday I started my first day on my own.
I couldn't keep pace, I couldn't get enough air into my lungs.
These were all non-smoking rooms...
I told my floor supervisor I was having difficulty breathing and that I thought it was the cleaning chemicals.
I was getting behind and my floor supervisor knew it, yet at 3:40, she tells me one of my rooms needs to be finished by 4:00.
This is a room that she told me had to wait till last because it was just shampooed.
I got started on the room, and two minutes later she asks if I'm done yet, I tell her of course not, I can't get enough air.
By this time I sound like an old percolator as I breathe.
She tells me to go do the bathroom while she does the beds.
As soon as I start scrubbing the tub I can barely breath, I'm having a full blown asthma attack, you could hear me gurgling and gasping for air.
Instead of calling the office to get me medical help, she badgers me into working faster.
I did inform the department head of this supervisor's actions, I seriously hope she gets reprimanded and some training in how to handle the situation in the future. I also told her that a dust mask does nothing to stop chemical fumes, respirators are required.
Today, I still can't breath properly, and I have chemical burn in my nostrils, on my tongue and an ulcer in my mouth.
I won't be going back.
As badly as I need money, I'm not going to risk my life for it
Story:
So I was hired as a guest room attendant at a local casino/resort.
Great job, though hard, great crew, great department head.
Since I started, I'd been having breathing difficulty, I chalked it up to being out of shape, and working exclusively in rooms were smoking was allowed.
Yesterday I started my first day on my own.
I couldn't keep pace, I couldn't get enough air into my lungs.
These were all non-smoking rooms...
I told my floor supervisor I was having difficulty breathing and that I thought it was the cleaning chemicals.
I was getting behind and my floor supervisor knew it, yet at 3:40, she tells me one of my rooms needs to be finished by 4:00.
This is a room that she told me had to wait till last because it was just shampooed.
I got started on the room, and two minutes later she asks if I'm done yet, I tell her of course not, I can't get enough air.
By this time I sound like an old percolator as I breathe.
She tells me to go do the bathroom while she does the beds.
As soon as I start scrubbing the tub I can barely breath, I'm having a full blown asthma attack, you could hear me gurgling and gasping for air.
Instead of calling the office to get me medical help, she badgers me into working faster.
I did inform the department head of this supervisor's actions, I seriously hope she gets reprimanded and some training in how to handle the situation in the future. I also told her that a dust mask does nothing to stop chemical fumes, respirators are required.
Today, I still can't breath properly, and I have chemical burn in my nostrils, on my tongue and an ulcer in my mouth.
I won't be going back.
As badly as I need money, I'm not going to risk my life for it