I cried at work for the first time

I'm so embarrassed!
I've recently gone back to work over the summer as part time, after almost 3 years of not working.
I was consistently being scheduled for more than full time hours and it physically and emotionally broke me.
I just started crying when my boss said I couldn't leave. Mind you- this isn't a mom and pop shop, this is an international company. If I had to be gone for a shift, the company wasn't going to take a hit to their bottom line.

I did everything to protect myself, and the company before I started, so this wouldn't happen.
I checked the box for disabled in the application, during the first interview (of many) I said I was out of work for the past few years due to medical issues, and I signed an employment contract for no more than 30 hours per week.

I'm still SO embarrassed, and now any excitement I had for the job is gone because I'm burnt out and overall just tired.

How do ya'll get through this?

(Also- I did put my foot down and said I NEED to leave and get some rest and I'll be back tomorrow, but I will be facing a written warning, which is a first for me!)

Good for you in standing up for your needs. I am sorry for all you are going through. I do not work; just cannot.


WC

So sorry this is happening to you. It’s good you stood up for yourself.

Written warning is no fun but you can literally ignore it and bring up the contract you signed for 30 hours only.

Allow yourself to cry it out , allow yourself to process it

When you're feeling more calm, and have a clear mind, you should jot some notes down: what you expected the job would be like, and then write how it's actually going. What is going well, what is not etc. (pros cons)

I would be prepared to accept what is given to you, and own it. Apologize. Then, tell the supervisor that you are grateful for your position in the company, but you have some concerns... use the points on the list as your reminders of what to focus on.

I feel you--I have cried at work. I'm in hospital nursing leadership. I've had many nurses crying in my office, that I have had to be the rock for...and luckily I have been able to cry in my bosses a few times as well.

Find a person you can vent to about work too. That helps so much!

As someone who has been there and who has been written up for having panic attacks and anxiety I understand. I wish more employers understood that there is only so much a person can take before there emotions get the best of them. I am glad that you stood your ground. I wish I would have been able to stand my ground when it came to my old job. I'm sorry that you are feeling overwhelmed and that it is causing you to cry.

It's good that you stood up for yourself.
I am sorry you are having this problem, after not working for so long I am sure you were excited about a new job, don't give up yet, you never know how it will turn out.

You have NOTHING to be embarrassed about!

I'm glad you stood up for yourself. I'm so sorry that happened to you

I remember this happening to me sometimes in grad school though luckily there were restrooms at the end of the hall or upstairs or downstairs a flight if I wanted to run into fewer people I knew. I had mentioned the anxiety/depression (as it was then diagnosed) to my 2 advisors, though I am not sure if we had official disability papers to request, or if it was even considered a disability then. Once I realized I hated the lab work, it was worse, or if my professor got mad at the way an article was written or bawled out the entire lab for breaking expensive equipment, one a piece I primarily used and trained people on and I hadn't used it lately, knew I couldn't be at fault, but no one would own up. This equipment was used by the dean & her lab and shared reluctantly with ours (on a different floor in an isolated room). No one would own up to it, and the professor gave me a super-long, nearly accusatory lecture on it and how I had trained these others, but they'd been using it at least 6 months and were training others on it, but I guess as the primary trainer, I was seen as most at fault. God, that was awful.

I went to the restroom and cried and cried. Two of the girls from the lab (who didn't use this equipment) did come and comfort me because I had gotten yelled at so much.

Talk about a bad day at work.