phoned in sick...went to a festival...got caught...can I get sacked ?

PhillyDee · 16 Jul 2008 at 00:53

I lol'd at the unfair dismissal part.
At the very least expect a final written warning, but as has been said, depends on the company you work for, and what they think of you tbh. Some people can get away with a lot.

fail at the internets · 16 Jul 2008 at 00:55

5* Thread right here lads.

Fuzz · 16 Jul 2008 at 01:34

hahahaha
what a

Learn to handle your drink TBH

Dave85 · 16 Jul 2008 at 03:58

Umm just say you where ill and then you felt better and didnt want to waste your ticket.

FunkyT · 16 Jul 2008 at 08:57

Sounds like you've been a bit of a spanner. Hope it works out for you though!

DampCat · 16 Jul 2008 at 09:02

KittensCake said:
Yeah but it's T in the park, so it's worse than waiting for your new Geforce to arrive. Infact it's worse than anything. It's worse than calling in sick so you can laze about at home naked, masturbating to shemale pr0n and eating pot noodles all day.

Do you know for a fact that it's worse than that? Cause that's the voice of experince right there

Edit: also, tell them you were *watching* T in the Park. Live on TV. From your bed cause you were so ill. And your friend was making you soup. And he went and got the phone so you didnt have to get out f bed.

wordy · 16 Jul 2008 at 09:18

Play the race card!

Don't want to kick a man when he's down but can we archive this thread, one of the best self ownings I've ever seen on here.

MookJong · 16 Jul 2008 at 09:24

lolism said:
Dude, it would have been worth it just to see RATM live. Your Boss needs to understand the importance of this!

Absolutely, jobs come and go but your going to die one day and may have never got to see RATM live.

"**** you I wont do what you tell me"

(Of course I booked time off work to go and see them at PinkPop)

West · 16 Jul 2008 at 09:28

This thread fails

Mr^B · 16 Jul 2008 at 09:46

thepharcyde said:
Why did your boss call you? You phoned in sick, unless he/she was calling to see how you were then fair enough. If he/she was phoning to see if it was genuine or not, then personally this breeches your rights. I frickin hate it when I am ill which is very rare 1 day a year if that for someone to call me ask you something. What if I am dead, who would you call then!?! Err hello i'm ill go away. You called in advised you were ill, you do not get paid for not being in so WTF. Don't worry about it mate. They sack you, then personally they sound like a bunch of sacks themselves. Tell them you propose to sue them for unfair dismissal. They called you outside usual working hours, how are they to prove you were at 'T in the park' during work hours and that you had not just got better in the afternoon and did not want your expensive ticket to goto waste. Then tell them to put that in there pipe and smoke it and walk out.

Best. Post. Ever.

Rhys · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:02

You deserve to get fired.

Neoni · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:09

everyone is talking rubbish.

like not one of you have ever called in sick, when infact you could have worked and you would have been fine? or called in sick to do something social.

come off it, you act all "oh, im goody goody!"

Cuchulain · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:13

Neoni said:
everyone is talking rubbish.

Everyone including you by the looks of it.

like not one of you have ever called in sick, when infact you could have worked and you would have been fine? or called in sick to do something social.

come off it, you act all "oh, im goody goody!"

Believe it or not there's a huge majority of people who don't call in sick when they're not ill, they have the sense to either book holidays for special events and they tend to have this thing they call a "work ethic".

Neoni · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:15

Cuchulain said:
Everyone including you by the looks of it.

Sure.

Cuchulain said:
Believe it or not there's a huge majority of people who don't call in sick when they're not ill, they have the sense to either book holidays for special events and they tend to have this thing they call a "work ethic".

dont believe it one bit. everyone has done it at some point.

Skidder · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:15

The fact that the OP already had a warning would suggest they were building a case to dismiss and as such they are probably delighted with the opportunity.

Pug · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:18

sure we've (well, i've) faked a sickie, but not when i am on a written warning. When in such a position, the next bout of absence (sick or otherwise) is sacking material (and i dont mean hessian)

Dolph · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:19

Neoni said:
Sure.

dont believe it one bit. everyone has done it at some point.

No, everyone hasn't done it, some of us actually appreciate the responsibilities we agree to when we sign our contract with our employers.

The fact that some people are lazy and dishonest is part of the reason why protection for employees is abused and will probably end up being reduced.

sist_si · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:21

Doh!

If they class that as gross misconduct...which they probably will, you're a gonna mate.

Freefaller · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:23

Neoni said:
everyone is talking rubbish.

like not one of you have ever called in sick, when infact you could have worked and you would have been fine? or called in sick to do something social.

come off it, you act all "oh, im goody goody!"

Nope I've never had a day off work. I've called in that I'm going to be a bit late after a bit of a big night and have to take the train instead of driving, but never have I taken a day off work by lieing about it. I need to lead by example as I hold a relatively senior position, however at work I'm uncompromising, people that take the **** are noticed straight away I can assure you. If you've got a good management team working for you they'll pick up on it.

I monitor abscences and sickness of all of my staff (including managers) as long as they do their job and produce the results and hit their targets, I dont' mind them leaving early or having a day off at the lastminute.com if we can cover their shift - however I'm less lenient people who just try and bleed the system.

We have a yellow card system of abscences at work the policy that HR and the senior management team have agreed to is quite simple. Where there is evidence of any form of ongoing medical condition or condition that qualifies under the Disability Discrimination Act we'd seek advice towards the validity of issuing a Yellow Card in this situation.

Where no mitigation is presented, one of the managers informs the employee that they are being issued with a Yellow Card. This means that any further periods of sickness absence in the next six months will result in occupational sick pay being withheld for the first 5 days of each period of sickness (the employee will only receive payment of Statutory Sick Pay if this is applicable). They'd then let the employee know that if their sickness absence levels continue to deteriorate then the yellow card scheme restrictions may be extended and/or the disciplinary process may be commenced.

This soon weeds them out as SSP isn't really enough as OSP is basically a day's wage and SSP is really just bare minimum.

However in your situation I'd put you either your final warning, or raise it to dismissal owing to your checkered history. Had this been your first moment of indiscretion and you were a very good employee I'd offer you a written formal warning probably - I can't be too soft as I have to set an example.

Why not just ask for the day off anyway or plan your life a bit better?

Glaucus · 16 Jul 2008 at 10:24

Neoni said:
everyone is talking rubbish.

like not one of you have ever called in sick, when infact you could have worked and you would have been fine? or called in sick to do something social.

come off it, you act all "oh, im goody goody!"

No, I have never phoned in sick when I'm not. I've only had about 7 days of in my working life. I don't want a massive sick record, when I'm trying to climb the tree.