Bills have to be paid, but health is priceless. Isn't it sad that many decide to leave BBBY only after their health deteriorates?
If such statistics existed, it would be interesting, and probably appalling, to see how negatively this place affects the health of employees.
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"If you don't feel comfortable, don't work the job. I hate to be flippant about it, but if ...."
you stop and consider not everyone can just quit and there is little to no safety net in this country...
you would not make comments like this.
We are coming at this question from different angles. I still cannot see where this specifies mental health in OP. Obviously someone else concluded this and that is fine and valid. I am coming from the aspect of an older worker as so many people I knew were older and some older than me. You can come into BBBY with existing health conditions, mentally or physically. Whether those conditions are exacerbated by BBBY is up to the individual. When I hear a phrase like "only had to leave BBBY when" I pretty much assumed long time veterans 50+. But I've seen some royal explosions by people much younger as well. Sorry for any misinterpretation.
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Good to know your mental health hasn't been affected by BBBY.
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Nice rant. Compact and witty.
How is this a clear reference again?
But I upvoted you. I am aware of BBBY mental games.
Pardon the post. People do quit over mental stress moreso than physical problems. Just know that many have physical problems as well.
They gave you a free subscription to headspace, what more do you want? Go get a work from home job and stop complaining.
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You are truly blind if you think of health as only physical.
When it comes to Bed Bath and Begone, I don’t believe the OP was even referring to physical health but mental health. BBB has ruined the mental health of many an employee.
A stressful, toxic work environment can certainly lead to health issues. Being afraid to call out sick because you know your manager will try to get you to go in anyway is an example. Being told it is up to you to find coverage if you are going to be out or you cannot be absent is another example. Stacking up your responsibilities to where your work is that of what two or three people should be doing, yet another example. BBB has been toxic for many years and now that there are people quitting left and right, no associates in the stores, unable to hire anyone and the end being so near...it is even worse. The executives just want to be sure when the doors shut for good they get a nice payout to line their pockets. Any planning going on is not how to "recover" the business it is for the higher ups to end up with a nice chunk of money when all is said and done.
The latter part of this is strangely worded to me: do you imply that BBBY is the sole reason for bad health? Ageing happens no matter where you work. Accidents as well, and about the only comment I can make on the latter is that BBBY did seem to be more concerned about its customers as opposed to its workers in terms of safety. There was a great deal of CYA going on for procedures that someone higher up would proceed to violate.(usually walking down a Ballymore wrong) But I do understand customer safety. I would not want to hurt a customer on the sales floor while getting something down for them. We followed rules.
I have zero experience with workman's comp at this place or any other, so I cannot blab on that. Certainly if BBBY was responsible for an injury, they should be accountable if it was their negligence that led to it. Goes for any company.
I have only known one person who has died while working at BBBY and he transferred to another store. But I have no idea about his lifestyle: it was a sudden cardiac arrest.. I thought he was OK but he argued a great deal at our store: pretty much type A personality. I recall not wanting to know which of two people was on what side of the political fence during the arguments because I liked them both and had to work with them no matter their view. I knew nothing of his health. Odds are he might not have, either.
You get old and you have to consider the job you are getting into, especially now. Can you climb a high Ballymore? A higher A frame ladder? Can you balance when bringing down a box? Our store had over 100 carts to be brought in near closing sometimes. Can you do that?
But I never really felt BBBY was responsible for my genetics and health history. If they were negligent, I'd have brought it up and in fact did regarding COVID protocols. Rumors on here were that not all stores were following up and the forehead scanners were a joke for taking temps. Ditto whispers that nobody was cleaning the desks.
If you don't feel comfortable, don't work the job. I hate to be flippant about it, but if what you are saying is that it gets harder and harder to recover when you are old, you are quite correct. Changes in you and outside of you are the norm of life and not the exception. You could sit in the same chair until you are 80 and something will happen. If not to you, then the chair. Diseases and their cures pile up on you because nature wants to recycle your atoms.