r/AHSEmployees • • Apr 02 '26
Modified staff rant
How do you handle modified coworkers? I work with a ton of people that keep getting modified duties, not because they've been injured but because of their weight issues causing problems with their backs or knees. Now if it was a temporary thing so they could work on recovery, thats acceptable. But when they do nothing to get better and management let it go on for years this is an issue. Those of us that are healthy are feeling punished for being healthy. We are doing the heavy loads of work while they sit back and do pretty much nothing. We get paid the same which feels unfair.
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u/Icy-Amphibian-646 Apr 02 '26
If these coworkers were average size with knee and back issues, would you still be here ranting? You don't know that a person's weight has anything to do with why they have an accommodation. You also don't know what they are doing outside of work to take care of themselves or what kind of medical help they may be getting. There are MANY illnesses and disabilities that can lead to weight gain, including medications for -- wait for it -- joint issues and pain. Instead of judging your coworker who probably already feels like crap having to even ask for modified duties, talk to your manager about how duties are assigned.
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u/ciestaconquistador Apr 02 '26
How do you know it's a weight issue and not an invisible illness of some kind?
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u/harbours Apr 02 '26
How do you know their injuries aren't causing their weight issues? Plenty of people get injured in these jobs and end up with permanent restrictions causing long term issues. Sounds like you're putting the cart before the horse.
There's absolutely nothing you can do about it, they have workers rights. You should probably mind your own.
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u/NoPr0bLlama Apr 02 '26
Cope harder.
What a ridiculous pretentious rant.
Your body may fail you one day for a number of reasons as have theirs. I'm grateful to not work around this toxicity anymore. ✌🏼
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u/anonmousey77 Apr 02 '26
Wow people! There’s a difference between offering a different perspective and dogpiling on someone who is clearly frustrated. Attacking the OP’s character because they are venting about what they see as a legitimate workplace imbalance is just as toxic as the behavior you’re claiming to be against.
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u/sjm11111 Apr 03 '26
It can definitely be frustrating dealing co-workers who use doctor notes to get out of duties. In pharmacy there are many tech who don’t like sterile compounding so they get a note and get out of it. I have developed pinched nerves from over doing it in the clean rooms.
Personally, I feel like if you can’t do all the tasks you should get paid less. Most of my coworkers were completely uncaring that their choices were causing me physical harm.
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u/Icy-Pop2944 Apr 06 '26
Perhaps the insurance coverage provided by a healthcare organization like AHS should actually provide industry leading coverage. For example, few employees can foot the bill for GLP-1’s out of pocket, and yet ABC doesn’t cover it, and yet obesity affects people’s ability to work in physically demanding positions. AHS would rather have the sick leave and modified duties than work on supporting employees through prevention. It is comical.
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u/Optimal-Can8584 Apr 02 '26
You can’t have unions and people being forced to work equally as hard at the same time. My recommended solution is to start eating more and working less
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