Hi, quick question. If I'm scheduled to work a very early morning shift (6 AM), when should I call management to let them know that I'm sick and won't be coming in? I understand the rule normally would be 2 hours before my shift starts, but it's so early that nobody would be there. Thank you.
I call the night before, before the store closes. The night shift isn't going to answer the phone.
You don't always know if you're going to wake up ill.
IMHO, call the store anyway, but from your cell phone. If someone answers report your absence. If no one answers, keep calling every hour until someone does. Then show your manager the record of all your calls. And I would save a screen shot to your phone in case anything else is said about it for at least 90 days.
(Note: I used to work for the company that manages Kroger's The Work Number, they also manage Kroger's unemployment accounts)
Ask the store manager how to handle it. Sometimes emergencies happen. The worst thing they can do is write you up and then you refuse to sign it. Of course you will have to keep asking as the management keeps changing lol!
I call the night before, before the store closes. The night shift isn't going to answer the phone.
You don't always know if you're going to wake up ill.
I can't believe you seriously think you know me. You stated I don't always know if I'm going to wake up ill. How the &*%^ do you know that?
OP already knows they are sick. They are talking about the next day's shift. OP never said "if I wake up tomorrow and I'm still sick, when should I call?"
I call the night before, before the store closes. The night shift isn't going to answer the phone.
You don't always know if you're going to wake up ill.
I can't believe you seriously think you know me. You stated I don't always know if I'm going to wake up ill. How the &*%^ do you know that?
Well if your life is so perfectly ordered, then why not schedule all your illnesses to occur on your days off? Then this subject wouldn't be of any importance to you.
Hi, quick question. If I'm scheduled to work a very early morning shift (6 AM), when should I call management to let them know that I'm sick and won't be coming in? I understand the rule normally would be 2 hours before my shift starts, but it's so early that nobody would be there. Thank you.
It honestly depends on your management. First time ever I tried to call out, after more than one year of working, and my Front End Manager basically took me off the schedule out of spite. In other words, I'm trying to nicely say she was (is?) a b!tch.
I did it all right, though. I gave / attempted to give 24 hours notice. I had not called out in all my time working. Fat lot of fries that meant to my Manager. She claimed 20 years with Kroger. It showed.
If you can do it, my advice would be at least 10-12 hours. But be warned, this company is fickle and paranoid overall. There are some good people in management and upper management, but it depends on how your store rolled the dice. You could get one like mine. I'm sure she would demand doctor's notes if this scenario took place.
Try to give at least 24 hours notice. If you mean that morning, well, call as soon as you can. It's not your fault customer service closes at 11.
I call the night before, before the store closes. The night shift isn't going to answer the phone.
You don't always know if you're going to wake up ill.
I can't believe you seriously think you know me. You stated I don't always know if I'm going to wake up ill. How the &*%^ do you know that?
Well if your life is so perfectly ordered, then why not schedule all your illnesses to occur on your days off? Then this subject wouldn't be of any importance to you.
Again you're just posting to be posting without adding anything to the discussion. If you want to make yourself sick on your day off go ahead lol! I don't claim to have a perfectly ordered life. If I woke up sick I would go to work, tell them to call for a replacement and work until they found one. It's not that hard to figure out. If I woke up with an emergency illness or something, well, that would be different. But we aren't talking about that. OP knows he is sick before the next morning so that is the subject of this post, not make believe or attacking other people who post. I just can't believe you cannot read a post, understand it, and reply with a helpful solution. Well, actually I can.
I call the night before, before the store closes. The night shift isn't going to answer the phone.
You don't always know if you're going to wake up ill.
I can't believe you seriously think you know me. You stated I don't always know if I'm going to wake up ill. How the &*%^ do you know that?
Well if your life is so perfectly ordered, then why not schedule all your illnesses to occur on your days off? Then this subject wouldn't be of any importance to you.
Again you're just posting to be posting without adding anything to the discussion. If you want to make yourself sick on your day off go ahead lol! I don't claim to have a perfectly ordered life. If I woke up sick I would go to work, tell them to call for a replacement and work until they found one. It's not that hard to figure out. If I woke up with an emergency illness or something, well, that would be different. But we aren't talking about that. OP knows he is sick before the next morning so that is the subject of this post, not make believe or attacking other people who post. I just can't believe you cannot read a post, understand it, and reply with a helpful solution. Well, actually I can.
While I made the mistake of using the word "you," I intended it to be a more general statement. One does not always know when they will be sick. You seem to have inferred quite a bit about all posts. Has it ever occurred to you that some people will say "call in sick," when in fact they are staying home to care for a sick child or other family member? What if OP is a concientious person who is asking before the need arises? None of that information was shared, so I gave a general response. It is you my dear that is doing all the attacking and adding drama to the thread.
