| Topic Name: |
Sick Day Policy |
| Message Name: |
RE: watchlisten |
| Date Posted: |
01/01/2002 |
| In Reply To: |
In what world is 8 days sick leave a year not excessive?! My guess is that when the job was taken, part of the conversations regarding compensation, insurance, accrued vacation time and pension benefits included sick leave.
True, you may have worked Holidays, overtime and your mother's birthday. That is not really the point. Companies hire people that they can depend on to be there when they say that they will be. If you consistently do not show up when you are supposed to, you are not as valuable to them as someone who would. |
| Message: |
The point of my post is that the sick day policy is NOT spelled out. I was told at the orientation that if an employee was sick, the person shouldn't come to work because it would make others sick. There is no number listed in the handbook and conversations about sick days were left hazy. I asked around after this incident and no one knew how many sick days the employees are allowed.
In the case of several of my absenses, I had severe upper respiratory infections requiring very strong and sedating antibiotics. But according to the written policy, I only needed a doctor's note if I was out 3 days or more. Both times I was out 2 days and I still came to work sick. I am more valuable than the person who sits near me and came to work sick many times and spread it to the rest of our group.
The point of my post is that a company loses productive workers and morale when policies change arbitrarily. When there is no written warning or notification that there are rules one is breaking, how can an employee NOT help but break the rules? My issue with the company is it tries to be "hip" and "understanding" but falls back on older models of management but failed to inform its employees of the change.
|
|
