Originally posted by MxRacerCam:
Originally posted by sigma:


Don't tell me that the common practice is just not to show up. To be unusually flexible that time of year, yes. To call in and get confirmation that you won't be there, I could understand. Even calling in "sick" I could understand, we had a lot of that when I was working on campus. But just not showing up is not "common practice" no matter how much you want to believe that it is.




hello, he said that he let him know he wouldn't be coming in. he didn't just "not show up".

obviously no call/no show is grounds for termination. calling/emailing in during the week of finals is pretty friggin far from unheard of. at least in these parts.



Sorry, just added this edit to my above post:

And e-mailing that you're just not gonna show up. I wouldn't respond to that email either. I'd fire you just for having the outright gall to tell me when you're not going to come to work because it inconveniences you. I wouldn't respond and give you the luxury of coming in and trying to save your ass or getting an extra week to look for the new job you're going to need. The only time where "I'm sorry I'm not going to able to make it work tomorrow" is acceptable is when someone dies (or perhaps if you're vommiting all over the place or something). All other occassions time off from work, particularly when it's only a matter of convenience, is a request.

I can take time off work whenever I want. My boss doesn't care and would never make an objection to me taking time off. But even though I know this I still ask for the days off, even though it's "common practice" for me to just take off whenever I need to.

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