Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired! - Frequent Sick Days and Tardiness

This is a good article. Sadly, it points out why so many of us are just burned out, very tired of the whole "can't win" situation we have to live with.At most jobs, you are given a certain number of days off each year, often less than 2 days per month. These days must cover sick time, vacation time, holidays, and personal/family emergencies. Only God can help you if you have other than perfect health, your car, kids, appliances, roof, and so forth give you any trouble, and your life is not in perfect working order. Several of the staff I work with are quite good with patients and are enjoyable to work with. A number of the people I work with are negative. There is one person in particular who likes to start rumors and threatens to write up and does complain about others to the bosses - unwarranted complaints. I keep hoping she'll be abducted by a UFO or something similar. But the main issues are the nit picking about being a minute early or late and the way workers are treated if they have too many rainy days. I'm not talking about staff with irresponsible behavior or an immature attitude about work responsibilities. I'm talking about things like major illness, major losses in life, major problems that come, against our wishes, and must be dealt with.The trouble is, we deal with lives and it's 24/7/365, so a certain regimentation is necessary. I don't think it need be as stringent as clocking in and out within a certain number of seconds or minutes. And a full-time worker needs more time off for personal matters/vacation/etc. Today's work environment is cruel, very strict, and all about money. Those here who are younger don't remember how it used to be. We elders, though, remember and weep for those bygone days and ways when we had time to actually give good care to our patients and felt appreciated by our employers.

Where can I find the previous 2? Maybe a running list at the end of the article or link plz. good read!

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It's hard to believe nurses are professionals when we are subjected to time clocks and God forbid if we punch in even a minute late! Ridiculous! How many people are working off the clock over fear and threats re overtime! I refuse to work off the clock. I do my best to get out on time, heck because after 1

You know I audited 6 of my facilities this month and all dietitians said they worked off the clock! It is unreal

One of the most distressing things for a manager is the prospect of terminating an otherwise excellent employee for time and attendance issues.While the point system isn't universal, there is some sort of tally system, and it is every persons responsibility to know what that policy is. But most system will value some call ins as more significant than others. Calling in the day before/day after a scheduled vacation, or calling off on a day we wouldn't let you have off, are all writable.You almost always have some sort of a step system, and it may require 5 or more absences in a year before triggering, but once you on on that first step, things can move along quickly, so choose your call-ins carefully.

At one of my jobs, if you are even one minute late, it is considered an absence. I've already made up my mind. I plan on quitting after this semester. If I'm going to be considered absent for clocking in one minute late, i might as well go home.

Quote from ThePrincessBride....I plan on quitting after this semester. If I'm going to be considered absent for clocking in one minute late, i might as well go home.

"Frustration develops when waiting to go home and a co-worker arrives a few minutes late, not ready to take report, stops to get a coffee and then lallygags with others before being ready for duty..... [AND] if you clock out late more than 7-10 minutes (dependent on company policy) on a frequent basis you can be penalized."This is absolutely a management issue. If there was a nurse who came in late and delayed me from giving report. Fine. That is on her but do not let it land on you. After you give report, create an email to your manager stating why you are late leaving. The email does not need to blame or condone, just simply state something like-- My shift ended at 7:30pm, however I was unable to clock out until 7:55, as the night nurse was unable to receive report until that time. If this happens once a month or once a week, send the email.

Quote from ShillaBSNThis is not the desired result of attendance policies however, this is what happens. I get it, if I was being penalized as a call out for 1 minute, I might as well not go. Rather than quitting have you considered proposing to management to modify this practice. Asking them to write into the policy a more lenient process, such as a person is tardy for the first hour or even first 2 hours. Things can happen as we are trying to get out the door, that can delay us from getting to work on time. It behooves an employer to work with us.

Quote from ThePrincessBrideThere are so many other things wrong with this hospital system that make me want to quit; this is just the straw that broke the camel's back. I could write a letter, but management here isn't very receptive to feedback. I work at two hospitals, and the other one is NOT like this whatsoever. There is usually a six-minute grace period, and you are given four sick occurrences per six month cycle, 8 per year. You are also allotted eight tardies per rolling cycle. For the past eight or so months I have thought about sitting down with the NM about all of these negative changes, but she...let's just say she is a mental case, and other coworkers have been upfront with her that if things don't start changing for the better, they will quit. Another coworker has stated that once she gets a phlebotomist job, she has every intention of quitting...to the NM's face. I just don't know what to do.

Wow brandy 1017 that is insane, how can they treat employees this way and get away with it? How many lates are you allowed before they write you up?