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Boss Upset Worker Didn’t Tell Anyone He Would Be Out Sick

Boss Upset Worker Didn’t Tell Anyone He Would Be Out Sick

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Most companies have some sort of procedure for taking time off, whether it is planned or unexpectedly comes up at the last minute.  However, one employee apparently thought he was exempt from company protocol. A worker was worried that his boss was upset when he failed to tell anyone he would be out sick. An anonymous employee posted to Reddit asking for advice after an interesting run-in with his manager. He explained that he is a salaried web engineer. “I happened to be out sick yesterday because my daughter happened to have a fever,” he stated. RELATED: Computer Company Sets New Standard By Saying Fully Remote Workers Are No Longer Eligible For Promotions The man, who works from home, started the day by running some errands. “Communicated early that I had errands to run, and then she got sick on me when I got home from my errands,” he said. The problem was that he didn’t check in with his manager when he decided he needed to take a sick day. “We happen to give updates …

Working Mom Says She Was Written Up For Using 3 Unplanned Sick Days In 6 Months

Working Mom Says She Was Written Up For Using 3 Unplanned Sick Days In 6 Months

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A working mother named Jordan Fairchild tearfully admitted that it’s a struggle to balance a full-time job while caring for her children and being there as a parent. In a TikTok video, Fairchild shared that she was reprimanded by the higher-ups at her job because of how many sick days she’d used in the last several months when she or her children were sick, despite having accrued the time off. She was given a ‘verbal warning’ for using 3 ‘unplanned’ sick days in the last 6 months. Fairchild explained that she just had her annual review at work, and while the review itself was fine, she got a verbal warning that she had to sign. The warning was because Fairchild had used three unplanned sick days over the past six months — two of them being because her children were sick and one because she was. “They basically threw the book at me and said this is our attendance policy and because you had three unplanned absences, you have to sign this document,” Fairchild recalled. “I think this plays …