Yesterday I saw a paper that said, that in a 12 month period, you only get 2 "free" call in instances. Doesn't matter if it's for the weather, for being sick, anything.
After that, on the 3rd call in during the 12 months, you get a warning. After the 4th one, you get talked to about it. After the 5th one, you get a 1 day suspension. Then a 3 day one, then a 5 day, then finally on 8th one you get fired.
Isn't that a little extreme? I mean, I had one in December because we had a foot of snow. That was the first time I EVER called in, and yet somehow that's now on my record until next December? God forbid you even get sick, they even said doctor's notes don't excuse you from it counting. It only counts as one "instance" but it still counts against you.
And if there's bad weather, they seem to think that someone's lives must not be worth as much as an $8 an hour job. A lot of the part timers aren't even eligble for insurance, and yet if you get into an accident, is Kroger going to help pay your medical bills? Pfft.
I understand if someone's calling in every other day but to me, this is too extreme. Has anyone else heard of this policy or is this something in my store only?
There's probably a few people there that call in excessively and instead of just dealing with those people, they throw out a blanket rule and ruin it for everybody else.
It's getting like that at my store. Our managers seem to think that because they have 4 wheel drives and can get out in all different kinds of weather, that everyone can.
I think there needs to be a clause in the contract about "natural disasters" and "state of an emergency" to protect employees in the event of these occurrences. People shouldn't be penalized based upon the conditions and risking their lives for $7.35 / hr.
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At my store, it's not like that. As long as they know that you are calling in for a good reason, they are very understanding about it. They probably had a few unreasonable call-ins, and that's why they put out that announcement. But they won't enforce it if it's a reasonable excuse (sickness, family emergencies, weather issues, etc.)
i dont see anything wrong with keeping an attendance record on each employee. tons of companies do it.
That's not the point. The point is they can't put an arbitrary amount on the number of days a person can call in. One person can call in 10 days out of the year and have a legitimate reason each time, while another person can call in twice and just be playing hooky.
Exactly. It's one thing if someone's just calling in because they don't feel like going to work, but to get a warning/suspension over being sick for real? that's not right at all.
