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That really does depend on where you work I guess. I have generally seen the opposite.
I am speaking from the HR perspective. Emails I get and phone calls about employees...their absenteeism comes up. A lot. To the point of my sometimes wondering why we even have a time clock when the office is full of them. But rarely does anyone say a thing about the person who was death warmed over and at work....other than to comment that the poor person really looked bad.
I think it is perception. We have all stayed home sick on days when we probably felt good enough to go in. I know I have on those days when you question if you feel good enough or not...like at the tail end of an illness. And whether we have done it or not, we all know the person who calls in sick to go to Disneyland.
I am sorry I posed this question. My only question was whether I would get paid or not, not whether I have a job. If I were fired for not coming in in a snowstorm and/or being sick, why would I want to even work at such a place. Again, I only want to know if I've been paid. And my experience is different from the bunny/hr experience. In my experience, people who call out a lot get to keep their jobs, especially if they are a minority, and/or if their bosses back them up.
I am sorry I posed this question. My only question was whether I would get paid or not, not whether I have a job. If I were fired for not coming in in a snowstorm and/or being sick, why would I want to even work at such a place. Again, I only want to know if I've been paid. And my experience is different from the bunny/hr experience. In my experience, people who call out a lot get to keep their jobs, especially if they are a minority, and/or if their bosses back them up.
Have you not bothered to read the employee manual to know the companies sick time policy? I can almost guarantee they have it in writing.
None of us knows if you will get paid, unless we know the company and have worked at that same company recently.
I am sorry I posed this question. My only question was whether I would get paid or not, not whether I have a job. If I were fired for not coming in in a snowstorm and/or being sick, why would I want to even work at such a place. Again, I only want to know if I've been paid. And my experience is different from the bunny/hr experience. In my experience, people who call out a lot get to keep their jobs, especially if they are a minority, and/or if their bosses back them up.
Even though it looks bad I don't think you would be fired for missing 1 day but just try not to miss anymore days until after the probation. And U may not be paid for that day since you don't have any sick days at this point.
I hope you will drag yourself into work now as anymore days off will not look good with keeping you on. Have a look at your company policy re sick day pay, each company is different. To be safe budget on not having that sick day paid.
OP, first you were sick, then you didn't want to go in because of the snowstorm? So which is it?
Either way, unless your office was officially closed, you very likely won't get paid.
For the OP, I'm assuming it was a combination of being sick and the snow. I remember back in January 2004, we had a minor snowstorm, I had a cold, and the heater in my car was broken (and I would have had to leave early to bring it to the shop to get it fixed). By themselves, none of those would have kept me home from work. The snow was minor enough that I could have driven in (probably would have taken slightly longer than usual), I was feeling well enough that I could have worked (but would have been less productive than usual, and may have gotten others sick), and as uncomfortable as it would have been to drive with no heat on a cold day, the car was driveable (but I would have had to leave work early to bring it to the shop). But with the combination of those 3 issues all on one day (and the fact that work wasn't especially busy at the time), I called in sick and stayed home. If I was starting a brand new job, or if work was really busy, I may have done otherwise.
A response to the OP: there is no law either way regarding sick time. The only agreement is whatever policy your company has. So asking whether or not a particular policy is common doesn't help you very much. What matters is what your company's policy is, and that is not a question that we can answer. You will have to ask someone at your company and/or check the company handbook.
$12 an hour...who cares.... $40 an hour, I would have to be on my deathbed to miss work, in the first 90 days.
Wow didn't realize there were so many jobs someone could not care to lose it because it only pays $12/hr.
For the OP, you will NOT be paid even if the company has paid "sick days" because benefits don't usually start until after your 90 probation period, what you really need to worry about is if you still have a job, many(most?) companies will terminate new employees if they take off any days during their probation period, they take it as an example of what your future attendance will be like.
I would have to be on my deathbed in order to call off during a probation period at a new job, it is much better to go in and ask to leave or have them tell you to go home.
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