pulling a sickie

Reasteh

Reasteh

Reasteh

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I found out at work today that someone emailed in sick. Now this seems to be accepted by some departments, but what if the person they email is off sick also, or doesn't check their email for a few hours etc. I thought phoning in sick was the usual procedure across most companies. I also found out someone else regularly txts in sick. After looking at the company sick policy it says 'must contact their department leader/manager at least an hour before their shift starts' which is how they must get away with it as it doesn't state they have to phone in.

Do they accept this at anyone elses work place?
 
If I'm sick I know it when I've been up 1/2 an hour, so that's still over an hour before I start.

I email my manager (who is actually a director and will have his Blackberry on at home) and cc it to the guy I share an office with who is (in reality, though not in name) my superior.
 
Every work I've ever been at has expected the person (or their relative in exceptional cases) to phone in and state they are sick. If someone has a particularly good relationship with their manager and has negotiated it then I could see email/text being acceptable on occasion but not as standard.
 
It's been accepted at my last 2 jobs as long as it's addressed to a few people. When I emailed in to say I was sick I emailed the first person to get in the office, HR woman, line manager and the receptionist. The only reason I emailed though was because it was 3am and I felt horrendous, I would normally have rang in sick but I thought I might not be able to wake up at the right time so emailed instead.
 
I'd always call.

Also for some reason, no matter how genuinely unwell I am, when my boss calls me I tend to put on a slightly more 'weak' sounding voice because I feel they won't believe me. :o Only had a couple of days sick in the last 3 years though.
 
Have to call and speak to the duty manager. Gets logged. Then when you come back you have a 'return to work' meeting where they practically interrogate you.
 
No.

Working for the Emergency Services we have to give as much notice as possible so that my position can be replaced, now normally when we don't have too many on leave this is easy but if we're caught short it can potentially mean that positions within the Control room aren't covered during breaks etc.

We always have to call in to let them know, it's completely un-acceptable to text or email someone.
 
hyperzed said:
I'd always call.

Also for some reason, no matter how genuinely unwell I am, when my boss calls me I tend to put on a slightly more 'weak' sounding voice because I feel they won't believe me. :o Only had a couple of days sick in the last 3 years though.
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Haha yeah I do that. :D

Always feel like I have to sell my illness, even though you just end up sounding like you're faking it.
 
semi-pro waster said:
Every work I've ever been at has expected the person (or their relative in exceptional cases) to phone in and state they are sick. If someone has a particularly good relationship with their manager and has negotiated it then I could see email/text being acceptable on occasion but not as standard.
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This. We have a dedicated number for this; the messages are picked up by the admin team every morning who then inform the relevant line manager. Email or text is not permitted, usually results in unpaid leave rather than sick leave (the only exception is a throat infection/lost voice etc)
 
Kristoph said:
Have to call and speak to the duty manager. Gets logged. Then when you come back you have a 'return to work' meeting where they practically interrogate you.
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Same.

Although gotta say, when I got knocked down by a car I made one phonecall after getting back from hospital (same day), then phoned the next morning to make sure they had passed it on. When I eventually came back to work a week later I asked about my return to work form and my supervisor just told me it was fine, he'd already filled it in for me, no questions nothing :)
 
We have to call in, even if it's just leaving a message on the answer phone if it's before 8am. Work will call us back if we don't leave enough info for their records, this started because of people e-mailing in when it suited them, now sickness has to be reported before 9am or you'll get pulled up for it. It's a very fair system though.
 
Have to call in or leave a message else you get some type of disciplinary, e-mail and texting in is frowned upon.
 
MonkeyMan said:
Always feel like I have to sell my illness, even though you just end up sounding like you're faking it.
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Same as me. Plus I live on my own, so when I phone my boss he’s the first person I’ve spoken to all day and my voice sounds even worse.

I’ve always phoned, never thought about e-mailing or texting.
 
I have the option to ring HR or my Manager. Normally end up leaving a voicemell on his phone.
Does the job.
 
Email to management group, cc to my team: 'I'm not feeling brilliant, I'm going to work from home today, give me a shout on my mobile if you need anything'

Done.
 
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