No More Texting to Call In Sick

[MassWineGuy]

I saw mention at my station about a change to how you tell your manager that you’re not coming in. Texting no longer allowed. You must call to tell them.

Anyone else know about this? Is it national or just in certain areas?

 

[SmithBarney]

Its never been an acceptable form of communications. Phone call to your manager or manager on duty. Some managers have gotten lazy and abused by the "new generation" of employees.

I've only texted once after calling station with no answer, and manager sending me to voicemail because they were in conference. "tried to call, no answer, very sick won't be able to come in, text me back if you need me to actually call otherwise I'm going to lay on the floor next to the toilet for a while"

 

[El Morado Diablo]

Calling in and speaking to a manager has always been the policy.

 

[Guitarman01]

I think it's almost more courteous to text before calling. The manager probably doesn't want to talk to you as much as you don't want to talk to him at 5 in the morning. Then calling you have to act like you're on your death bed, but maybe that's the point as well. A text is too easy.

 

[MassWineGuy]

I’ve not called out or texted sick very much at all. But if a manager were to ask questions beyond what I tell them, wouldn’t that be violating medical information privacy laws?

 

[FedupExpress]

I saw mention at my station about a change to how you tell your manager that you’re not coming in. Texting no longer allowed. You must call to tell them.

Anyone else know about this? Is it national or just in certain areas?

We were told this sometime last year.

 

[MECH-II]

They know guys too scared to call in

 

[bacha29]

I saw mention at my station about a change to how you tell your manager that you’re not coming in. Texting no longer allowed. You must call to tell them.

Anyone else know about this? Is it national or just in certain areas?

So you have to come in to work so you can tell the manager that you're not coming in to work?

 

[purpder]

I’ve not called out or texted sick very much at all. But if a manager were to ask questions beyond what I tell them, wouldn’t that be violating medical information privacy laws?

I don't think them asking how bad your diarrhea is violates medical privacy laws. "Can you just put on a depends? We're really short handed"

 

[UnionStrong]

I don't think them asking how bad your diarrhea is violates medical privacy laws. "Can you just put on a depends? We're really short handed"

If they asked what’s wrong, I asked them if they were a doctor.

 

[MassWineGuy]

It’s never come up. But I would just hold steady to “I’m not feeling well” and anything else is private information between me and my doctor.

 

[UnionStrong]

It’s never come up. But I would just hold steady to “I’m not feeling well” and anything else is private information between me and my doctor.

I’m sick I got the runs, not coming in. You don’t have to explain anything unless you’re gonna be out more than a couple of days.

 

[vantexan]

Had a mgr call me on my day off to come in. I had a dental appointment to get a tooth pulled. He asked if I could come in after getting it pulled. I very clearly told him no, not after getting a tooth pulled.

 

[MassWineGuy]

That’s horrible. Good you said no.

 

[FedupExpress]

That’s horrible. Good you said no.

That's like them asking if you could split a belt with a broken leg.

 

[59 Dano]

I’ve not called out or texted sick very much at all. But if a manager were to ask questions beyond what I tell them, wouldn’t that be violating medical information privacy laws?

No, and SMDH.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Just saying no doesn’t mean it’s not. Are you familiar with the privacy regs?

 

[59 Dano]

Just saying no doesn’t mean it’s not. Are you familiar with the privacy regs?

Do you think there’s a law that says your employee can’t ask?

 

[MassWineGuy]

You’re misinterpreting. They can ask anything. But I’m not required to answer everything. Not many of my managers are specialists in health and privacy law. That’s where they’d get themselves in trouble. An email to the district director with a copy of the complaint to my state AG would make my mgr much less inquisitive.

 

[59 Dano]

You’re misinterpreting. They can ask anything. But I’m not required to answer everything. Not many of my managers are specialists in health and privacy law. That’s where they’d get themselves in trouble. An email to the district director with a copy of the complaint to my state AG would make my mgr much less inquisitive.

Okay, Karen.

Go ahead and hit up the state AG because your boss asked you about why you’re not coming in.