Calling in sick at an inopportune timeThis was at my previous employer. Well, apparently I called in sick at the most inopportune time during a certain major project, so my supervisor wound up doing it all that day...and she and HER boss was ticked at me when I showed up the next day. My Boss's boss tells me, "Well, it's just unusual for you not to have called in sick for more than 2 years, then you chose NOW to do it, when we had this serious project going on, this could have jeapordized us, and costs us alot of money, perhaps even have to repeat the process" And I was like, "Well, I was sick, I was puking my guts out that day (and no, I had no hang-over), I caught a bug, etc" He just nodded and took a drag on his cigarette and stormed in the building. He threatened to "take disciplinary action" if something bad happened to the project as a result for me calling in sick at the last moment during the time I guess they "needed me". Personally, I think they should have contingencies set up in case someone got sick. Of course, I'm the only one doing those projects, and my boss has no idea what I do anyways, so she was running around in a panic, and probably cursing my name. But, hey, I can't help it if I get sick! Another thing is, they demanded I go to the doctor and get a sick note, when the company policy says that a sick note is only required if the amount of sick time exceeds 3 days, which I did not exceed. I questioned my supervisor on this, and she said, "Talk to the Dept. Head about it, that's what he told me. Management can supercede it" I saw nothing in the policy stating such things. So much for working for a company that does not follow it's own rules, right?? Granted that I have some good amount of money socked away, it can't last forever. Those employers that I'm awaiting call-backs from better stop sitting on applications, and hire me. I got one employer that I found out still hasn't called anyone for interviews, that are "still going over" applicants, and I applied in EARLY january. Anyhow, I felt I did nothing wrong. An yone been in a situation like this? I empathize with your situation- I worked for a company for over 5 years- only calling in sick 1 day. Never been written up the whole time I worked there. I started out at the bottom and worked up to a Field Project Manager supervising over 15 people. Twice I was offered the opportunity to take a position in the main office to supervise the entire workforce of 40. The last offer came a week before my termination. They fired me because some broken company equipment was stolen from a locked truck I had just driven. Within an hour, I was called into the main office and they handed me my check, just like that. They have fired 4 other people for dubious reasons since me. One guy worked there for 10 years- he was fired for arguing with the owner. The reason I didn' t take the the offer to work in the main office was that the owner was a type AAA personality. If a bird crapped on his Ferrari on the way to work that morning, he was in a very offensive mood all day. And when I say offensive I mean verbally abusive to men, women, vendors, whatever. Did I mention that we didn' t have a HR department? Did I mention that the employee handbook hadn' t been updated the whole time I was there? I actually feel relieved that I was fired, the job was like being in an abusive relationship. You don' t know how bad the relationship is until you get out. Now when I get up in the morning I can actually enjoy the sunshine on my face and listen to the birds singing. I am speaking emotionally here. All I can say is there is something better out there. I am looking forward and trying not to look back... When I was let go, I was think I forgot a personal item back at my desk, but first I had to go to the bathroom to throw up (just kidding), I just used the bathroom, and then when I came back out into the hall, I stopped and was "thinking if I got everything like my personal items" I was in thought at the time, and my "former" boss says, "Tony, what' s the problem, are you having a hard time finding the door?" or something snide to that effect. I almost flip the thing for saying that to me.....since I had nothing to lose since I was officially terminated. But, I was wondering if that would be considering "burning a bridge" but I think that would' ve been moot at that point.
When you' re fired, the bridge is burned. You both should have given those guys a major, spend-a-week-drinking-from-a-straw. Consider yourself very lucky to have escaped that particular hellhole. The minute you walk away from an asinine situation full of idiots, you are better off. I speak from experience. I know what it mean....can you described what happened to you in your experiences? I live in a redneck area, where people are very "clickish" and mostly seem to hire spouses/relatives for jobs, and then later consider "outsiders". I was wondering with my old supervisor being a lesbian had to do with it, because they' re known to be man-haters. | |
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