Doctor Visits and Option Days for FT Employees

[SLW]

Just tell them you wanna schedule the day off and not get paid then.

I tried that once and they charged me a personal day anyway

 

[Just A UPS Guy]

I was actually just going to ask a very similar question, but since this is already a thread I'll just do it here:

I've had two unavoidable call ins in the past two weeks. Now I have 2 appt this week: one on a scheduled work day, and one on a day I should have off, but that I suspect I'll be forced in. Should i use a sick day for at least one of em or just keep calling in? Never had to call in until very recently and I still don't understand what it is, how it works, or more importantly if/how it'll be used against me. Can't find anything in the (atlantic) contract about it.

You're asking if you should call in or use a sick day? Is that not the same thing?

 

[SLW]

You're asking if you should call in or use a sick day? Is that not the same thing?

Where I'm at, you can call in and use your dedicated paid sick day, or just call in and say "I'm not coming in" and not get paid

 

[MECH-lift]

unavoidable call ins

explain please

 

[MECH-lift]

You're asking if you should call in or use a sick day? Is that not the same thing?

this company is in trouble

 

[SLW]

explain please

#1 Drs appt (on my day off, but last minute force in). #2 Snowed in.

 

[Staydryitsraining]

What are you asking? Do you wanna not use your option days and just not get paid? Or did you wanna use your sick days instead?

Not everyone gets sick days. Everyone gets option days and some are lucky and get sick and option days.

 

[allahuakbar]

Not everyone gets sick days. Everyone gets option days and some are lucky and get sick and option days.

He has both as stated in his previous posts.

 

[Est.1998]

#1 Drs appt (on my day off, but last minute force in). #2 Snowed in.

1. That's not an unavoidable call in. You're off. Management waits until the last minute to ask you to come in, well, that's why voicemail was invented.

 

[oldngray]

1. That's not an unavoidable call in. You're off. Management waits until the last minute to ask you to come in, well, that's why voicemail was invented.

You don't answer the phone because it's not your problem. You can check the voicemail later when you feel like it.

 

[Jones]

Never seen anyone fired for attendance. Plenty of warning letters but no terminations. We once had driver who called in over 100 times in a single year and they didn't fire him.

 

[oldngray]

Never seen anyone fired for attendance. Plenty of warning letters but no terminations. We once had driver who called in over 200 times in a single year and they didn't fire him.

I knew someone who did get fired for attendance. PT'er with a job on the side he cared more about. He missed work a lot when he was out of town on buying trips for his other job. He didn't care enough about UPS.

 

[Jones]

I knew someone who did get fired for attendance. PT'er with a job on the side he cared more about. He missed work a lot when he was out of town on buying trips for his other job. He didn't care enough about UPS.

Actually I do remember one driver got fired but he had disappeared for like a month and came back saying that his manager had OKed him going to Florida to visit his family or some such. Manager said he didn't know nothing about it and that was it.

 

[oldngray]

Actually I do remember one driver got fired but he had disappeared for like month and came back saying that his manager had OKed him going to Florida to

This guy could pretty much be guaranteed to miss every Friday plus a lot of Thursdays and Mondays.

 

[Yeet]

Never seen anyone fired for attendance. Plenty of warning letters but no terminations. We once had driver who called in over 100 times in a single year and they didn't fire him.

He probably took advantage of the rule that states consecutive call ins only count as one occurrence.

 

[Jones]

He probably took advantage of the rule that states consecutive call ins only count as one occurrence.

Nah, he was usually good for at least a couple days a week.

 

[Jones]

He probably took advantage of the rule that states consecutive call ins only count as one occurrence.

He did get fired eventually but it was for sexually harassing a customer.

 

[MyTripisCut]

We were told at PCM this morning we will receive progressive discipline for days off without option days. Hmm, maybe I should have made a thread about that instead.

Better not be any drivers going home. Every single one better demand 8 everyday then.

 

[Yeet]

He did get fired eventually but it was for sexually harassing a customer.

Of course. If I’ve heard that story once I’ve heard it a thousand time.

 

[MECH-lift]

Better not be any drivers going home. Every single one better demand 8 everyday then.

we have at least 10 guys run home time worked daily...then they volunteer to work Saturdays.