sainsburys probation period

stripeyfox

ReadingTim wrote: »

Quite - I've had periods of intense headaches/migraines, vomiting, sleeplessness, fatigue, sensitivity to noise and light, dehydration etc....it was awful and there was no way in the world I should be in work - the fact I'd drunk 10 pints of strong lager the night before is totally unconnected and irrelevant....

I think I might have caught that from you....:rotfl:

ReadingTim

stripeyfox wrote: »

I think I might have caught that from you....:rotfl:

There's a lot of it about. Especially at weekends.

jonnygee2

Wow people are harsh. You can't help being ill and 2 days in 3 months is hardly excessive.

I disagree, it's very excessive. That is a lot of lost productivity, if it continues over a year that's 8 absences a year.

The reasons wouldn't really be important to me unless it was related to a disability. I don't really want people in my teams that are going to have more than 1 - 2 absences a year. There's a business to run!

But in my experience people have very different thresholds as to what warrants calling in sick. We have someone in our office who had four days off for "a cold" (her own words).

This is exactly why you get rid of people who take a lot of time off during probation. Act early and save yourself pain!

DCFC79

smithy9818 wrote: »

hello im on a 12 week probation period at sainsburys distribution centre and ive had 2 sick days off and ive rang in both times to let them know.
i meet all the rates and am never called in the office as im getting along fine with the job but
im coming up to the end of probation im worried will i be let go for having 2 days of sickness?

No 1 here can know for certain, you could be ok.

DCFC79

mai_taylor wrote: »

Wow people are harsh. You can't help being ill and 2 days in 3 months is hardly excessive. When I first started my job I had to call in sick in the first 2 weeks because of noro virus, i was projectile vomiting for 12 hours there's no way I could have gone into work. Pretty much straight after that I had the flu. Trying to learn a new job when you're not feeling well and going in and passing it on to everyone else is also not going to make a good impression.

Dont see anyone being harsh.

Doshwaster

marlot wrote: »

I had 5 days off in ten years. One of my colleagues has had no days off ill in his entire career (and he's in his fifties).

Like other people, I'd be concerned that my new recruit may have too low a threshold for taking time off, and I'd want to understand more before making a decision.

I've had the occasional day where I've felt crappy but "worked from home" (obviously not possible in all jobs) to avoid sneezing over everyone but I'm struggling to think of the last time I was properly off work sick. It has to be at least 5 or 6 years ago.

In my experience management is especially suspicious about repeated single day absences. There isn't much you can do for a bug which knocks you out for a few days but if you claim to be too ill to work one day with the "flu" then be perfectly fine the next day then that does start to raise alarms, especially if there is a pattern to it.

stripeyfox

Doshwaster wrote: »

I've had the occasional day where I've felt crappy but "worked from home" (obviously not possible in all jobs) to avoid sneezing over everyone but I'm struggling to think of the last time I was properly off work sick. It has to be at least 5 or 6 years ago.

In my experience management is especially suspicious about repeated single day absences. There isn't much you can do for a bug which knocks you out for a few days but if you claim to be too ill to work one day with the "flu" then be perfectly fine the next day then that does start to raise alarms, especially if there is a pattern to it.

Agree. lots of single day absences are viewed with more suspicion. I've worked in places where it had become endemic because people see others taking time off for "a cold" and nothing seems to get done, so everyone starts doing it! That's why management need to keep a close eye on it.

2 days in 3 months might not be excessive to some, in certain circumstance, but two absences in your FIRST three months with an employer is not ideal. You're just giving them an excuse to let you go. As said, I think a lot would depend on the overall output and conduct of the employee.

Our HR team are very sharp on time off. I had a colleague who had two previous "strikes" and came to work when she was poorly. She sat in the office feeling dreadful and coughing really badly. The guy from HR happened to be in the office and said "what are you doing here in this condition?" and sent her home! They didin't count this one against her as she'd made a huge effort to come to work.