Employee is written up as 'no call no show' even though they were not notified of the shift change: 'I don’t think my personal phone should be a job requirement'

Sometimes when mistakes happen, you can feel like you want to blame someone, but there is nobody to blame. 

This employee was majorly frustrated with a scheduling error at the workplace, but the way it unfolded spoke to a larger trend of how we treat employees and what we're asking of them. The workplace already asks so much of us. Sacrifice is just another part of having a job. You fork over a lot of your time, energy, and creative juices, and you hope you get a little something in return, but it's not always that easy. The employee in this story noticed something unfair happening in her workplace that she needed to address, but wasn't sure how to go about it. Work conflicts can be difficult to get around, especially when you're worried about hurting someone's feelings. You also probably don't want to jeopardize your position by speaking out, and that might easily happen in certain kinds of toxic workplaces.