Do you ever call into work and not provide a reason for not going in?

Question

My co-worker thinks that since he's been around so long that he doesn't need to offer an explanation .. simply says, I won't be in today.

Could you get away with that at your job?

Answer 1

at one of my jobs i can because i work in the same company as my father and my boss happens to be my dads best friend of 40 years AND my godfather. at my other job i never call out unless im very sick and i always provide an explanation. even if i was at my second job for years i wouldnt call out without a reason. the only time i do is at my family job because usually they know why im out anyways and im out because im sick or have a midterm/final for school. my dad would know if i was skipping out to go to the beach or something and id be dead

Answer 2

My office is very laid back, so often times I can call and say "I won't be in today. I'll be in tomorrow at 9."

We work with flex time, so we can come in or leave whenever we want as long as we're in the office 40 hours a week. To be quite honest, if I didn't call in my boss wouldn't even notice until the next time timecards are due. He would just think that I was taking the day off because I had been spending a few late nights at the office.

Answer 3

I usually just tell them I can't make it because I have to go golfing or see a movie. I don't have kids so to me that is just as valid as when a colleague must stay home for a sick child or because 'little Johnny' got in trouble at school.

Honesty is the best policy - if I'm sick I tell them I'm sick, if I have a family emergency then that's the soup du jour and if I want to go hiking that'll be the message I leave.

So far I can get away with it but I don't really look at it that way - there's no sense having a job you're afraid to lose because then you can't do what you want while you're at work :)

Answer 4

I work for a chain pharmacy. We have to give a reason, and some managers require a written note from a doctor.

Ironic how everyone seems to get sick on Fridays...

"I won't be in today" just won't fly where I work. If I were to call and say, "I won't be in today," the boss would say, "Then don't come in tomorrow."

Answer 5

Years ago I worked with a young woman who missed a day or two EVERY MONTH because she had bad cramps. And suprise, suprise (not!) the days were often Th, Fr or Fr, Mon- to make a long weekend. Finially the office mgr told her to see a gynecologist and get some professional help because she wouldn't get paid any more for days off with that excuse. Gee whiz, they cleared up really quickly after that!

Answer 6

I have called in and not given a reason, simply because my Boss at that job did not feel that he needed a reason, unless it happened too often, then he would ask.

Answer 7

I have been on disability for Multiple Sclerosis since January 2000 so I do not work anymore. But when I did I always gave my employer honest answers when I could not make it into work-sick kids, myself being sick, death in the family, etc.....
Just calling, and saying, "I will not be in today" is "VERY UNPROFESSIONAL, AND DISRESPECTFUL"!:O "AS WELL AS DISHONEST"!:(

(=^v^=)

Answer 8

i think you need to give a general reason such as, I'm sick, I have a family emergency, I have a docs apt, my kids r sick. You don't need to get into details because you are allowed sick days and vacation time.