just checking. cause i'm working with some sure-fire, coon bastards over here. and i just need to know if my expectations are justified or not.

Poll question: In a Professional Environment....What is the Proper Way to Request Leave??

Poll result (5 votes) email only (2 votes) Vote work phone call only (0 votes) Vote cell phone call only (0 votes) Vote cell phone text message only (0 votes) Vote email or any phone call (0 votes) Vote any of the above (3 votes) Vote

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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

email is all the same.

also, timing is a factor.

the message should be sent at least 30 min. before you're set to show.

i don't have to call or email him.

but i tend to call his office phone and either tell him or leave a voicemail message.

I've done all of the above, tho if I do a text, I'll also email the team as well.

so if my boss doesn't hear the voicemail message or see the text and asks one of them they can inform him.

clarify.

We had a case once where my co-worker was very sick (like, hospitalization sick) and his text to the manager was sort of unclear/out of it. He's more casual w/ me, so he was better able to get the point across when he texted me. My manager was under the impression he was asking for a few hours off later in the day, not "I'm seriously ill and not coming in at all".

That did result in a department-wide email about being direct in unscheduled leave request calls/emails/texts, but still.

There's no hard fast rule.

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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

around here some of us text our supervisor's personal cell phone when we're not coming in. others call his personal cell phone. i call his office phone and if i don't reach him i send a text to his personal cell phone.

office culture:hood

feature.

I don't do any work shit by just phone. I want everything in writing and electronic is better.

I even follow up face to face meetings with, just to follow up from our conversation, types of emails.

when i request 'leave' i submit a form to my VP and wait for approval

when i call out, though?

i text my admin and say i ain't coming.

if i don't get a response from her, i email my VP and cc a colleague.

sometimes i call but traditionally, a text and/or email will do.

that way you have it documented
in the company's email system

i usually text my boss
when i call out

Especially in larger companies.

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If you're taking a day off at short notice (i.e. sick or an emergency) then e-mail and a call. I want to know if people aren't coming in ASAP.

If you're booking leave for a future date, just an e-mail is fine.

i'm supposed to get to work at 9. at 7:27 i sent an email saying i wouldn't be in today. there may or may not have been a 10:00 meeting (that i really didn't know anything about) but i could have provided insight on one particular item.

i got an email at 10:11 from my supervisor saying "you are to text me when you are requesting unscheduled leave." and apparently during the meeting she was painting me as AWOL and asking people to see if i was in my cubicle. it all just strikes me as so unprofessional. is she not checking her email? like what kind of supervisory high paying professional doesn't check their email first thing in the day.
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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

if there's tension any and everything become an issue.

it's not just me. and as the new guy....i've kept an open mind. but she's not going to be in that position too much longer. too much beef with EVERYBODY.

she's a nagging, nitpicky ass woman.
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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

You sorta kinda goin' in, B. You may wanna edit.

are you hung-over?

no policy, seemingly in place. not hung over, but fucking tired. and i used to day to handle some stuff. and sleep.

i mean i could have called. probably should have called. but to me a call and an email are basically the same thing. to mandate me to text seems stupid.
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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

imessage, of course.

this would have literally been the 1st text i sent her. and out of a 10 day pay period...she teleworks 9 days. so you'd think that email would be a big part of her regular routine. i know when i work from home i'm paranoid about checking my shit.
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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

*shrugs*

she probably won't get much traction if she tries to 'write you up' for this since you DID notify her of your unscheduled leave via email at least an hour before your start time. (note: i've worked in gov't offices where we had to send such a request or notice w/in a certain time b4 our scheduled start time - i dunno what the rule is where you work).

> i dunno what the rule is where you work).

and i guarantee that the supervisors on other teams are fine with emails or texts.
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it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're strangers.

not compassionate....only polite.

I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.

next time send a text.

I know it sucks (trust me, I KNOW) and you feel bad because you didn't know you did anything wrong, but it's one of those "things" that doesn't come up until it comes up.

we can email, text, or call, but the text is the most likely format to be read/responded/understood first.

It's also ideal for us to email the team so that no one in other departments is calling looking for you.

follow up to the voicemail msg i just left---yadda yadda".


that email/text needs a read and/or delivery receipt

before doing it since it's out of the norm. the standards are phone and then email.

it shouldnt be a question about the way your place expects it to be done. management shoulda been established a policy and communicated it.