What can I do if I’m experiencing emotional distress at work?

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What can I do if I’m experiencing emotional distress at work?

I transferred to a new restaurant closer to my home because my car was stolen. I didn’t want to leave but commuting on bus was tiring. I’ve been at this location for several months now, it has been very difficult for me to adjust these 7 months because it’s just a new problem everyday. I know my responsibility but I know that I’m taking on more responsibility than I have to. We have gone through 2 general managers, our current one is just here and there helping out. I have talked to HR about the problems going on and was promised things would be fixed. Same from my regional manager stating that I had a future in this company and training would be given to me to move up in the company. Nothings has changed but new problems always arise. It destroys my mentality, it has changed my personality and the way I think about the company. Especially now because I was suspended for 2 days, out of nowhere for

Asked on September 20, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, California

Answers:

M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 5 years ago | Contributor

Unless you have protection for this "mistreatment" under the terms of an employment contract or union agreement, you are an "at will' worker. This means that your employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as is sees fit (absent some form of legallyactionable discrimination). Accordingly, you can either accept your working conditions, complain about them but risk termination, or quit.


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