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micronesia
United States24495 Posts
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Elroi
Sweden5570 Posts
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
2 sick days in first 30? I am guessing there was more to it than that. But if you got fired for being lazy in sweden you must be some serious version of lazy lol | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
Eh maybe it will make you some money if they are not allowed to fire you like that. Maybe they need a notice or warning first. | ||
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selboN
United States2523 Posts
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iSiN
United States1075 Posts
On March 11 2010 05:58 eXNewB wrote: This made me LOL right in class hahahahahahahahhahahaha so funny You know he just got nuked for that post right? Don't encourage this kind of garbage on TL. This isn't 4chan. | ||
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
On March 11 2010 02:15 lgd-haze wrote: It's more disrespectful to go to work sick, and take the gamble of pass it on your work mates than to stay home if you're ill. Yeah except that way too many people aren't that ill when they stay home. Actually I bet most people who call in sick could have worked anyways. There is some sort of taboo in Sweden to question this. I totally get your point though but the fact of the matter is that you shouldn't be home sick at all in the first month of a new job. Until there is a super certain way of knowing that someone is very sick and can't get out of bed, this will continue. | ||
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cujo2k
Canada1044 Posts
Hopefully you can prevent getting sick by washing your hands a lot, having a diet rich in antioxidants, exercising daily, and getting yourself vaccinated. But if you do get sick, you should suck it up in the beginning and go to work. | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
On March 11 2010 04:30 FrozenArbiter wrote: If it's "just a flu"? I'd be pretty pissed if someone had "just a flu" and decided to come into work and infect me with it... Well it all depends on your manager too. My manager can be a hardass and threaten to write me up if I don't come in anyway. I would rather keep my job then piss off my co-workers. Of course if it's bad enough I'll go get a doctors note, but by just a flu I mean runny nose and coughing or something along those lines. It depends on what you do for work as well. If you sit in your office on your computer all day then there is a lesser chance of spreading something than if you work in a store handling produce all day. edit: last time I was sick I was actually pretty damn sick and went in anyway because he didn't think I was sick enough over the phone. Once I got there he confirmed I was far too sick to work and sent me home, which will most likely be the case if you go in to work sick anyway. | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27105 Posts
On March 11 2010 05:13 CharlieMurphy wrote: TL riding it's white horse. I bet half the kids in this thread have never even had a job. I bet the people who have made the strongest points have. His attitude stinks. He is 24/25 years old working his first job and he thinks the workplace owes him everything. If you are too sick to work, you get a doctor's note. If you simply call in sick for two days and stay home in the first month, you will have a poor reputation branded on to you. These are things I learned working at McDonalds when I was 16. It is just unfortunate that he has chosen to wait so long to learn simple life skills. | ||
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Re-Play-
Dominican Republic825 Posts
On March 10 2010 23:53 Cloud wrote: 1 month and already 2 days without showing up? This isn't college dude. ^^ | ||
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Romantic
United States1844 Posts
On March 11 2010 04:48 RANDOMCL wrote: As others have said: In the U.S., I've never had a job that allows you to call in sick within the first 90 days. Virtually every job here puts you on a 90 days probation period in which you can't miss a day. After those 90 days, you are legally able to call in, but it isn't a good idea within the first 6 months. I've called in to work three times in the 9 years I've been in the work force, and two were due to hospitalizing pneumonia, with the final being gallbladder removal surgery. EDIT: Salv basically said the same thing.  I lose the game.what lol? It pretty sad that you feel so obligated to be a perfect worker when you (or if not you, others) are getting screwed over by companies on a daily basis in business friendly America. Also, pretty sure it isn't against the law to call in sick on your first day. Probably legal for them to fire you though. Then again they can fire you for just about anything in America if they want and unless you are black or a woman nobody will think twice about it. | ||
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
(unless you're an employer, then you should hire me :D) | ||
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
On March 10 2010 23:41 Shade692003 wrote: Plenty of jobs out there. It's like a woman dumping you. There's alot of fishs in the sea. Ummmm we all don't have a PhD | ||
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PiePie
United States248 Posts
and not everyone is charming/good looking | ||
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Biff The Understudy
France7792 Posts
On March 11 2010 07:04 Manifesto7 wrote: I bet the people who have made the strongest points have. His attitude stinks. He is 24/25 years old working his first job and he thinks the workplace owes him everything. If you are too sick to work, you get a doctor's note. If you simply call in sick for two days and stay home in the first month, you will have a poor reputation branded on to you. These are things I learned working at McDonalds when I was 16. It is just unfortunate that he has chosen to wait so long to learn simple life skills. Ouch at the sickle and the hammer in your icon. Just like that, no offense.  | ||
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eXigent.
Canada2419 Posts
At my job, alot of times even if you are sick, you still have to go into work and tough it out. I do construction, and there are deadlines to meet. If you are not showing up because you are ill, then those deadlines are messed up, and you get in way more trouble than you would if you just sucked it up and went to work. Also, how long were your shifts? If you are only working 8hours or less, you might as well just tough it out, because really, 8hour shifts blow by soo quickly. If it was a 12 hour shift, then yeah that would probably suck to grin and bear it for that long. At any rate, I dont agree with all of the personal attacks towards your character. It's very easy for everyone here to get the wrong idea of you lashing out and being ungrateful, when really you are probably just angry at a few comments, and defending yourself. goodluck looking for work in the future, and as always...lesson learned  | ||
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yooniball
United States21 Posts
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bluegoo
United States141 Posts
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
To OP maybe they just didnt want you. But you need to learn from this. 2 days off work w/o emergency situation in your first month is alot. Cos the first few months you are in, everybody is watching you. | ||
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