boss phones when i'm off sick

familyguy1969

Hi, i was wondering what other people thought off this, i have been off ill a few times in the last 2 yrs and when you have to call in that morning to say so, my boss aint exactly nice, i work in the auto trade cleaning the cars and when you do call in how can i put it? well, he goes nuts shouts and swears at you telling you that your letting the whole garage down saying that they were really counting on you to be there that day, shouts and swears again and tells you to ring in again in the afternoon when again if you say you dont think you will manage in the next day you go through the same routine over the phone.I know that the guy i work along with he lives not to far from the work and the boss has been know to send someone along to their house and has also demanded that he return to work in the afternoon which he did and could not do his job for being so ill.
Is this really aloud/normal...?

expatdave

familyguy1969 wrote: »

Hi, i was wondering what other people thought off this, i have been off ill a few times in the last 2 yrs and when you have to call in that morning to say so, my boss aint exactly nice, i work in the auto trade cleaning the cars and when you do call in how can i put it? well, he goes nuts shouts and swears at you telling you that your letting the whole garage down saying that they were really counting on you to be there that day, shouts and swears again and tells you to ring in again in the afternoon when again if you say you dont think you will manage in the next day you go through the same routine over the phone.I know that the guy i work along with he lives not to far from the work and the boss has been know to send someone along to their house and has also demanded that he return to work in the afternoon which he did and could not do his job for being so ill.
Is this really aloud/normal...?

I would not accept this kind of treatment, you can do without this kind of harassment when you are ill.

feelex

Scaredy_Cat wrote: »

I used to work in a call centre and the (ridiculous) policy there was that I would have to ring in sick and speak to a supervisor - who would then get a manager to ring me back later.

At my last job this was exactly the same for me! They'd phone back at 4 to ask if I'd be in the next morning. I slept through the phonecall once (y'know, due to being ill.) and didn't get paid for my absence. I once sat watching the phone, waiting for them to phone and they didn't. The next day they swore they did (and said I'd hung up on them) and put me on disciplinary/reduced my pay for not following sickness protocol.
I'd maybe say to your boss that you don't know how you'll feel the next day, but you'll phone before close of play that day and let them know if you've improved at all.

Googlewhacker

familyguy1969 wrote: »

Hi, i was wondering what other people thought off this, i have been off ill a few times in the last 2 yrs and when you have to call in that morning to say so, my boss aint exactly nice, i work in the auto trade cleaning the cars and when you do call in how can i put it? well, he goes nuts shouts and swears at you telling you that your letting the whole garage down saying that they were really counting on you to be there that day, shouts and swears again and tells you to ring in again in the afternoon when again if you say you dont think you will manage in the next day you go through the same routine over the phone.I know that the guy i work along with he lives not to far from the work and the boss has been know to send someone along to their house and has also demanded that he return to work in the afternoon which he did and could not do his job for being so ill.
Is this really aloud/normal...?

Nope its not on but you do say you have been off a few times, how many is a few because the average amount of sickness in a year is something like 6 days so if yours is 2 or 3 times this amount then its understandable that they are not happy.........however they should go about it alot better.

esuhl

terra_ferma wrote: »

Your signature is really funny! Are you a retired headmaster?
What would we do without you teaching us all how to write properly.... :rotfl:

The first thing I did when joining this forum was to select the option to prevent signatures being displayed! I have grammar-Nazi tendencies myself, but it gets very tedious very quickly to keep seeing someone proudly demonstrating that they know the difference between "bought" and "brought" or some other elementary distinction as if it makes them some kind of genius.

Wellery82

Some unbelievable comments here from people. I don't understand going out your way to make things difficult for an employer, especially at a time when employment is so fragile.

If you are getting paid for your time off then i don't see the big deal about your employer calling you to enquire when you will be back. It is two minutes out your day. If you want a sleep then don't answer but leave your employer a voicemail when you have got up. It is just common courtesy, helping them to plan requirements with less staff available. Obviously pressurising phone calls are different, but establishing when someone is back seems a very natural thing to do.

I've worked with people over the years who have taken sickies, or taken time off for very minor ailments and it is infuriating often having to work late and unpaid covering for their laziness. I can't help but think people who are not prepared to even have one phone call at home are often the sort who are the first to take this time off anyway

DCFC79

You do realise the thread is years old

surreysaver

Yes, I do, but the message is the same - do not give your employer your personal phone numbers.

Googlewhacker

surreysaver wrote: »

Yes, I do, but the message is the same - do not give your employer your personal phone numbers.

What if you have an emergancy at work and they need to contact someone?

It just seems a tad paranoid to me to refuse to give over a phone number

surreysaver

Tough. If they cannot be trusted to keep a phone number, then they don't get the phone number. If they have a problem with that, then they need to work on employee-employer trust.

And why is it paranoid to give over a phone number if you don't want to be contacted?