Boss Shows Up Unannounced to Employee’s House While He’s on Sick Leave Instead of Sending Email

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Mel Dawn
Sep 18, 2023 8:00 PM EDT

In nearly any line of work, there's always a million examples of things that could've been an email—pointless meetings usually taking the top spot. But u/BigJhed's supervisor really went above and beyond with this one. u/BigJhed got into a bad car accident in June, which put him out of work. Luckily, he was given three months of paid sick leave from his employer, but that didn't stop his supervisor for showing up to his house unannounced to personally deliver a letter informing him that his sick leave was ending in October. That message definitely could have been conveyed in an email, and the fact that u/BigJhed's boss randomly showed up to his front door feels like some sort of intimidation tactic. People in the replies discussed whether or not such an inappropriate drop-in is even legal. 

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  • “Supervisor turned up at my house while on sick leave.” Posted by u/BigJhed

  • 01
    Smile - Was in a car crash at the end of June and have a herniated disc as a result. Luckily my employer is pretty generous and I get 3 months full pay for sick leave. (I work as a civil engineer which is rather physical, hence me not rushing back)
    via u/BigJhed
  • 02
    Plant - I've kept regular contact with my supervisor and manager, I had just spoke to my manager last Friday and emailed him a new sick note to cover my absence from my doctor.
    via u/BigJhed
  • 03
    Font - Today my supervisor turns up unannounced knocking on my door and wakes my Baby, my wife was upstairs having just got her to sleep. He was here to hand deliver a letter to inform me as of October 9 my full sick pay will run out. I was on the toilet luckily so I missed him.
    via u/BigJhed
  • 04
    Font - Just really pissed me off to have my personal space invaded when he could have just sent and email! Feels like he's trying to intimidate me. I've got a new job lined up for when my sick pay ends so f that guy.
    via u/BigJhed
  • 05
    Font - [edit] Just to add a bit more information, I initially had a month off after the accident. I went back in for a week, but the nature of my job meant I was just making my back worse. Also my supervisor is a bully who likes to throw his weight around at our yard. I know for a fact this was an intimidation tactic.
    via u/BigJhed
  • 06
    Font - Update... So I received an email from my supervisor about 30 mins after his visit, cc'ing in my manager. He claimed to have rang me twice and messaged first which is untrue. Wished me well and let me know he would try and contact me again today, so far nothing.
    via u/BigJhed
  • 07
    Font - Per a lot of people's advice I didn't go to hr, I went straight to my union who were pretty outraged by his actions. What he did Legally it's a bit of a grey area. Depends if he breached gdpr to obtain my address. A few lads at work know my address so possibly he got it from them. 7148 456 ↑ Share
    via u/BigJhed

  • The comment section

  • 08
    Font - Scouthawkk 3d I would email HR, along the lines of asking them if they knew supervisor did this. I'm willing to bet they don't know. If your sick leave is coinciding with US- based FMLA, that's an egregious breach of federal laws that govern FMLA. ... ↑ 个 5.4k G
    via u/Scouthawkk

    "I'm going to email HR this evening, I'm also in a union so gonna get speak to a rep tomorrow also. Probably should of added in op, that I'm in the uk." —OP

  • 09
    Rectangle - ellasfella68 3d He was checking to make sure you weren't doing cartwheels whilst trying to lift a Mini Cooper above your head. Glad you were pooping. ↑ ← 4 1k ↓
    via u/ellasfella68

    "I'm actually so fragile that the poop I just took threw my back out even worse. Sorry boss." —u/mikefitzvw

  • 10
    Font - no meontheweb 3d How does a supervisor, or anyone for that matter even have the time to show up at an employees residence?! One place I worked at we had a supervisor and employee live nearby each other, and we had to provide the employee with their separation papers. The supervisor said that they would drop it off -- but forget that; we couriered the papers over. That's just creepy and stupid. În 305
    via u/meontheweb
  • 11
    Font - 01 MontCoDubV 3d Feels like he's trying to intimidate me. Maybe a little, but his true purpose was to check if you're really injured/sick. He wanted to catch you doing something physical that your doctor's note said you shouldn't be doing so that he can claim you're using your sick leave improperly. Ĵ↑ G ... 561
    via u/MontCoDubV

    "True. This is also not the supervisor's job and is completely inappropriate." —u/GhentWaffles

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