Worried- sickness & warnings from employer?

Snuggles

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

You couldn't possibly have had flu for just the one night!

I don't think the OP claimed to have flu for just one night. They only work two shifts a week and may have recovered enough to go to work for their next shift (which may well not have been the next day).

logie28

dmg24 wrote: »

I am sure that you would not worry too much or take it personally, it is not you that could lose your job! :rolleyes:

Please dont edit my quotes to make it look like i am saying something which i am not!! The two lines you use dont appear together in my post or in the context to which you are presuming.

I have been in a similar position to OP and when things where explained at a later date i was told they was just following company procedure.

They may have given others a warning for going over the % of time off. If that is the case a warning is fair to the OP. I also have sympathy with part time workers as this looks excessive for one day off. Looking at working hours though it is 50% of OPs working week!

I would be more concerned about them not following procedures , do they normally give notice for disciplinary meetings? do they normally allow you to take a representative in with you?

My previous post clearly stated "I" as in me, as in my own experience.
The OP is looking for reassurance , so having experienced this first hand i gave my opinion following my experience.

Oldernotwiser

Snuggles wrote: »

I don't think the OP claimed to have flu for just one night. They only work two shifts a week and may have recovered enough to go to work for their next shift (which may well not have been the next day).

I hadn't thought of that; thanks for pointing it out.

Minxz

Snuggles wrote: »

But the OP had only had one night off sick when they were given a warning! I am completely gobsmacked that an employer would behave in this way. No one goes through life without ever being ill, and subjecting someone to disciplinary action after just one instance of being off ill seems almost like harassment to me.

Maybe I have just been very fortunate in where I have worked, but I have never encountered anything like this. In fact, I am off ill myself today and when I rang my boss this morning and said I hoped to be well enough to go to work tomorrow, he said just take it easy and don't come in unless you really feel well enough. I'd be sick with worry if I thought I might face disciplinary action for a one off bout of illness. I find this really shocking!

This is the thing, while I was flaked out in the bathroom waiting to be ill again( sorry if TMI!) all i could do was cry to my partner about work, and worry about what to do!
I used to work in a much higher paid job, and also taught in a primary school, where I was never treated this was after getting the flu! if anything, they were kind and told me to take care.. yet I now work at the supermarket as it fits in with looking after my toddler, and now I'm just a 'face among many', so i guess thats why i don't count so much!
It's very disheartening, and employers wonder why staff moral gets low.

Minxz

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

You couldn't possibly have had flu for just the one night! Employers frown on these odd days off rather more than they do for longer periods of certificated illness.

No, i didn't- I didn't claim to have either!
I work twice a week, as said in my first post- I came down ill on the Monday, and was still really bad and couldnt work by wednesday- the day of my shift. my next working day was Saturday, so i was okay to work by then- i was still weak, and was given an extra 15 mins break(not by supervisor, just a workmate who noticed I looked faint) and explained this in the meeting too.. but made no difference.

SomeBozo

Whilst I understand the situation you are in, you have had 2 absences in 3 weeks.

Whilst I understand you were ill and how bad and stressful it is, any employer that does not flag up 2 absences in 3 weeks would not be doing themsleves or the employee any favours.

Bozo

teabelly

If I knew a supermarket treated its staff like the have treated you then I'd seriously consider whether I'd ever shop there if I used them already. People get sick. It is a byproduct of employing people and they should expect staff to be off a couple of times a year usually. If you have flu then you are much likely to catch something else in the few weeks after a your immune system is weaker. Some will manage less and others do more. Stressing people out and making them fearful of being off just makes them more likely to catch things as they are down and more likely to spread them when they come into work when they shouldn't. Stupid, stupid employer. Bet they'd tell people with norovirus to come into work and cause an epidemic. It seems to me that sickness is the new stick to beat employees with. They can't have a go at them for race, religion, age or anything else so now they bully people over being sick instead.

Minxz

teabelly wrote: »

If I knew a supermarket treated its staff like the have treated you then I'd seriously consider whether I'd ever shop there if I used them already. People get sick. It is a byproduct of employing people and they should expect staff to be off a couple of times a year usually. If you have flu then you are much likely to catch something else in the few weeks after a your immune system is weaker. Some will manage less and others do more. Stressing people out and making them fearful of being off just makes them more likely to catch things as they are down and more likely to spread them when they come into work when they shouldn't. Stupid, stupid employer. Bet they'd tell people with norovirus to come into work and cause an epidemic. It seems to me that sickness is the new stick to beat employees with. They can't have a go at them for race, religion, age or anything else so now they bully people over being sick instead.

I agree- i appreciate that they have to check etc, but I do feel that if the employee has proof of going to the docs, or is on medication, then that's proof that they wern't throwing a sickie.
Next time maybe i'll go in with a sick bucket under my arm, and spread it around so all the other staff have time off and warnings too..... <wry smile>

fiendishly

Snuggles wrote: »

I really have had a sheltered life in the public sector.

hit the nail right on the head here

Valli

Personally I would be appalled if I was buying food handled by someone with a tummy bug anyway...even if just at the checkout.