Hey @Kyle bottom line did the guy still get his ‘badge of honor.’ 
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id probably have let it go,said little to him, but make a mental note of "the 1st strike " remind myself of the promise i made when i first started in the biz “3strikes and you are out” .
in my experience a waster will hang himself,particularly if you uncheck him, the excuses re-0ccur to the point of ridiculous - where firing is suddenly
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Ok.
So I lack bedside manner. Big woop.
But I’m telling you man, if I said that to anyone who works for me I’m gonna get chewed up and spit out. I ain’t forcing nobody to work. Either you want a freaken job or you don’t. Look, I was never told crap like that if I called in with a lame excuse. PLEASE.
Why should any employer do that? If I called him lazy, I mispoke. He may not be lazy, but he sure shows signs of immature work ethic.
Let me ask you;
Would your father do that?
Would your father laugh at you and call you a name other than the original one he gave you if you called your boss like that?
Come on, you can’t be serious with that garbage.
Look, I may end up being the biggest ass on this forum with what I’m about to say next; but NO his family is not really that important to me. Not as important as mine.
I expect no less than what I would give to my boss when I had one. Why? Because I NEED A JOB. That is how I show it. I make myself indespensible. A boss will miss me when I am absent, IF I’m absent.
My wife’s sick. Big freaken whoopty do. My wifes sick too. and? get your ass to work before I fill your spot.
any other job, thats how that conversation go’s.
by the way, no he won’t. because you’re just the boss. good luck with that.
That video was perfect.
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As an employer of 30 years whos raised 4 kids,buried 2 parents who lived on opposite coast,put down 2 dogs and had countless Medical emergencies for kids and an emergency appenedix for wife that couldve been fatal…I AINT HEARING THAT BS ABOUT WIFES STOMACH FLU. My new reply when MALE employees say they have to take day off for sick kids because WIFE HAS TO WORK is DO I USE MY KIDS AS AN EXCUSE TO NOT SCHEDULE WORK OR MAKE THE PAYROLLS>?
they dont like it but once you switch the tables it sure leads to radio silence and less stupid excuses.
Good excuses for wife: surgery-car accident-childbirth. I cant tell you how many times about to promote-give raise-day off etc for an employee who then does something crazy never realizing how they harmed themself.Worst call ins for me is when an employees MOTHER does it…BAFFLING.
Show concern but let them know you exp[ect them on the job when scheduled especially when its seasonal. if they give advance notice of 1-2 weeks then acceptable if you have time to rearrange staffing. I try to think of money being saved when a man cant come in but if it happens on saturdays then take them off schedule for the weekend work and when they cry about no OT let them know it due to undependability. Ive also done that for men showing up hungover on Saturdays tell them i cant risk property damage or accident leading to workmens comp
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My dog ate my squeegee
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This is pretty much my position as well. I may not be able to give him the day off but I would try. I have had similar call ins that initially got me upset as I would never do that myself but I’m the owner and I have to make it happen. I know that working for a small company makes these situations difficult but I have to keep my guys happy. With some call-ins from good guys you may do better to give them the benefit of the doubt, you don’t always know what’s really going on and sometimes it’s not worth being the bad guy.
I definitely agree that this new generation looks at work differently but we can’t expect them to put it above everything like we as owners sometimes do. I had a guy who told me he was coming in a little late since he had to go to drop off his wife for an appointment early that day I told him that I’m flexible to a point and had to make it clear we weren’t partners in scheduling. I don’t believe getting angry or demeaning the guys view of work is beneficial. Sometime they just don’t know the boundaries and need it spelled out. Guys are usually very apologetic once I laid it out to them later. I know that occasionally granting mercy instead of forcing a mentality of the real world will make them want to go the extra mile when we ask them to. But it is a balance for sure.
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I like to be flexible to the staff. I know that if I can for example let a guy off earlier one day after his wishes I now he can go a extra mile for me a other day.
But its annoys me when they start taking things for granted: A other week a guy say after a days work “tomorrow I have to be gone for some hours because I will have cable installed”.
I’ve noticed they are reason like “Jonathan always fix it. There’s never a problem if I have to be free from work”.
So I’ve started to take the foot down. On a nice way emphasised that I’m there boss, not only their amigo.
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jonathan says “is that your way of saying: 'jonathan would it be possible for me have a few hours off tomorrow?”
You’re right.
If he had a sick day coming then he’s got that coming to him. Even if he wasn’t sick he’s still allowed that. Usually people take that when they are on vacation.
That wasn’t in question here tho.
It’s a lame excuse for sure , especially if there is work to get done and hopefully he learned something from it.
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Great reply! Totally agree
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