'That's not a valid excuse': Employee calls in sick only to discover boss wrote them up for 'no call no show', they reports manager to HR in response

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Aug 11, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

When working for a big corporation, 95% of the time HR is there for the company and the company alone. They don't really care how their employees feel within the workplace, all they care about is how everything affects and looks for the corporation.

This means that they are not in any hurry to help employees out if they have a problem, unless that problem can reflect badly on the company, only then are they extremely happy to help and make sure you don't go off and sue anyone you work with.

The employee here could have really gone off on their company after their manager refused to accept their call-in when they were sick. While they were on the phone with their manager, telling her they were too sick to come to work, their manager told them they were going to write it down as a 'no call no show'. Luckily, when the employee called HR, they were ready to back them up and stand up to the manager.

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    "I'm writing this up as a no call no show"
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    tried to call in for work and my manager said she was gonna put it down as no call no show
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    Im not too sure if I'm in the wrong in this situation, I work at for any context, but this morning I woke up with the worst headache of my life, I tried waiting it off to see if it
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    would go down with just some pain killer water and food, after realizing it wasn't I decided to call in for work, which I rarely do. I waited on call and one of my managers picked up, she
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    asked what's going on, I said "I'm just not feeling well" she said "we'll go see a doctor because that's not a valid excuse" and I said “I'm sorry I can't go to the doctors right
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    now I can't exactly afford it, but if I'm feeling any worse I'll go tomorrow" she said "then that's no call no show” and hung up. I have no clue if I'm wrong but I really would like to know....
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    !!Quick update which I copied from a reply I just made to a comment but want to tell everyone: I called the store and asked to talked to HR since I asked my friend if he was there,
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    I talked to him and he said that if she wrote it down as NCNS then he would take it off and let it be a regular call in, I also ended up sending the screenshots of the call log in an
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    email to him just to be sure he sees that I really did call on time for the call in. As for her he said he would "talk to her". I'll know tomorrow if she did write me down or not.
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    zomgitsduke 3 days ago • "so you're saying next time I'm feeling sick I might as well just not call to let you know?"
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    DynkoFromTheNorth 3 days ago Exactly! It's just like these stories from people who arrive at work five minutes late, which means fifteen minutes or even an hour of their pay is docked. So they sit around until that amount of time has passed, because they don't work for free.
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    Sendmedoge 2 days ago HR isn't your friend, but when someone is doing something that can expose the company to a lawsuit,, they'll hop right on it for you with a "yes sir, no sir.".
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    Worried_Baker_9462 3 days ago Look into the law for where you live and your signed agreement. Also, what is not written and recorded may as well not have happened.
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    _view_from_above_ · 3 days ago Send her an email at work outlining the conversation why you called and what she said. And then add a recording app to your phone... I have a shortcut on my screen
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    Firefox_Alpha2 • 3 days ago Does your work require a doctor's note for excused absence? I would suspect that's the case here
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    justv1x OP 3 days ago • No, usually it's not needed unless you're absent for 3 days or more, at least that's what my sales floor manager said
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    Firefox_Alpha2 - 3 days ago Sounds like the manager who answered your callout doesn't like you then and wants to get you gone because I'd suspect it's automatic termination after “X” number of no call/no show absences.
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    • Aelderg0th 3 days ago Find another job while the market is hot. Any place that requires a doctors note to miss a day is , especially if they aren't paying well enough for you to actually afford to see the doctor.
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    RandalPMcMurphyIV 2 days ago Your manager knowingly and intentionally entered incorrect and derogatory information into your permanent employee record. Not only does this fit the legal definition of libel but, no doubt,
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    would constitute a serious violation of one or more written employee policies. You have it in writing. I would go after her job. A written complaint to corporate HR should do the trick.
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    Something along the line of "In the Hope that O will do the correct thing to remedy this situation, I have elected not to consult legal representation for now".
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    AppleParasol · 2 days ago You called, it's not no call no show. Tell them if they want you to go to the doctor then they can pay for it(they won't) that . Doctors have more to worry about than writing you a sick note. This is why we need universal taxpayer funded healthcare.
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    Pristine_Serve5979 · 3 days ago "How are you doing? Are you okay" Reply Share • Optimal_Law_4254 3 days ago You'd think so, wouldn't you?
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    mtaylor6841. 3 days ago Call back and hope to get a different manager?
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    justv1x OP 2 days ago Unfortunately at the time it was "opening hours" still and another manager didn't come in till another hour later and that would've been too late for a call in
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