If your unplanned absences become a pattern then there will be some explaining to do…. If you are truly THAT sick where you really don’t care if you are paid then ok, have your unpaid sick day and we will wish you well and see you tomorrow. I don’t care if you have PTO saved up (PTO is intended for planned absences that we can prepare for and support you in). Unplanned absences are unpaid. Note for anything and No - it doesn’t mean you were really sick). I don’t care if you have a Doctor’s Note (We all know that anyone can get a Dr. It was then that I decided to make our policy that we still use today: No paid time for unplanned absences. I had a manager finally break down in tears because she couldn’t get her job done as she was pulled into the direct line work every day because of the excessive “call outs”. That sense of entitlement did not end well. I think it was some sense of “Oh, well now it is a “company” and not just a person I am loyal to”. I then upboarded my first manager and that single move of one level separation between me as the owner and the employees created an environment where we had people calling out sick left and right. For real, never - It was just never an issue for almost two years. I even had a policy at the time where I paid for sick days that no one took advantage of. When we were a company of 10 people, no one ever called out sick. You look bad when you chronically call out sick. That said, here comes the first leadership truth:ġ. I know this blog post is going to get some electronic tomatoes thrown in my direction….
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