Started working as a package handler about a month ago, I have called off twice due to illness and after arriving from work today I receive the news that my grandmother had passed away, in order to make it to the funeral in another state, my family plans on taking a flight tonight and I am supposed to work tomorrow. I have looked over the package handler attendance handbook and saw that after 3 unscheduled absences, I am at risk of being terminated. I of course have no PTO since I am still under my 90 days. Is there anyway I could call HR and possibly work something out? Would calling off now (the night before) benefit me at all compared to calling off tomorrow morning before my shift? Any advice is appreciated, thank you.
Attendance Policy Question
- Thread starter Rodrigo52
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Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Express or Ground?
scooby0048
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You should just call off, this probably is not the job for you anyways. I'm sure there are other places to work.
Ground
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Don't know what to tell you then. Sorry.
It will be fine
Well-Known Member
This is the correct response. Calling in sick twice in your first month is pathetic. This is not a job you only show up to when you feel like it. It's real work.
MrFedEx
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Explain your situation to management and see if they have a heart...I doubt it. Never put this shathole in front of your family. McDonald's probably has better pay and benefits. FedEx sucks, and if you loved your grandmother, go to the funeral.
!Retired!
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My step-daughter started at McDonald's 2 weeks ago. McDonald's here start at $9.15 for 3 months and then evaluation can raise that to around $10.50, handlers start at around $13.00.
Federal law states as long as you've been with the company 30 days, you are entitled to bereavement time.
Employment Standards | Employment Standards | Bereavement Leave
Talk to your manager and let them know your grandmother died and you need to leave town for 3 days. Just let them know what day your leaving and what day you'll be back.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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...and if he hated her he should go and spit on her grave...?
dezguy
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My second month in, many moons ago, my wife (then gf) step dad died. I didn't have bereavement leave because I was only 60 days in and a casual. As a result, they wouldn't give me the time off and I had to send my wife (gf) to the funeral alone.
That should have been a big warning sign but I was drinking the kool aid by the jug back then.
That should have been a big warning sign but I was drinking the kool aid by the jug back then.
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Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Your SM must have been a real jerk. They could have at least given you LWOP.
dezguy
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Operational needs, that's what I was told.
My gf was so pissed off, she almost broke up with me. Hindsight, I should have told them to shove it but I thought I was being a team player. Certainly won't make that mistake again, now that I know that this "people company" is anything but.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Yep. The only people that count are the fat cats at the top.Operational needs, that's what I was told.
My gf was sooff, she almost broke up with me. Hindsight, I should have told them to shove it but I thought I was being a team player. Certainly won't make that mistake again, now that I know that this "people company" is anything but.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Here's today's logical question. Why would you attend a service for someone you hated? I think you need to quit and immediately go to FedEx Ground. Do not pass go or collect $200.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Geez that really sucks.Operational needs, that's what I was told.
My gf was so
More like operational greed.
Southeast Hoss
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Oldfart
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WHY would you get bereavement for a girlfriends step dad? If you aren't married to a person, you shouldn't get bereavement to attend their stepdads funeral.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Absolutely correct; however, the right thing would have been to let him use his own time to be there for his gf.
Oldfart
Well-Known Member
No doubt. LWOP or vacation but no bereavement. I can't tell you how many funerals I have attended on my lunch break. Get some help on deliveries and take a long lunch. I know that only helps if it is a local service. We had a courier pass away just last year. We had a huge procession of Fedex vans at his service. His wife scheduled the service so we could take our lunch and pay our respects.
dookie stain
Cornfed whiteboy
Lwop?! I got banned for using a racial slur why aren't these people?
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