Posted by mair on May 29, 2003, at 21:33:17
In reply to Re: More annoying boss stuff, blah blah blah..., posted by stjames on May 29, 2003, at 20:07:09
I work at a small office so my experience might not be typical. Our employees very frequently leave a message on the answering machine so we don't find out someone is ill until the office is open. But really, someone is usually there by 7:30 or 8 and if we found out someone was going to be sick earlier, there's probably very little anyone could do about it anyway. I think people call in because they wake up early, realize that they're too sick to work, and then call in to leave a message so they can go back to bed. It's only a problem if it seems to be abused. Not infrequently our office manager might call the absent person at home later on, but really just to find out how likely it is that he or she might be out a second day - at least then we can try to line up a temp.
If I'm sick, my secretary will sometimes call me, but she's pretty good about only calling if a question arises that only I can address, and unless I've told her it's ok for others to call me, she's pretty zealous about keeping people away. I think this is pretty much the practice employed by everyone in my office.
Having sick employees is always an inconvenience, but in my office we would really rather prefer that people who are contagious stay home than that they come in and infect the rest of the office.
Mair
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