Can managers question or guilt you for calling out sick?
So we have this one manager who continues to question or guilt people when they call out. From what I’ve heard (and not sure if it’s company policy, our particular state or our district/store policy) managers can’t deny or question why your calling out (as long as it’s not an obvious on going occurrence and at that point I think they’d start requesting a dr note).
He’s been told multiple times by the store leader to stop doing that..but he keeps on. He’s upset numerous associates because they’ll call to let the store know they’re sick, and then he’ll basically guilt them into coming in and then they usually end up having to leave anyway BECAUSE they’re sick.
Tonight one of the groomers called the store and I happened to be standing there when he took the call and basically they told him they were calling out because they didn’t feel good and had a fever. His response was “well how do you know your gonna have a fever tomorrow? I’d just hate to take you off the schedule and then you be fine. How about I’ll leave a note and then you can call us in the morning if you’re still feeling feverish”…..