How does "You would have got the job, but you have had 9 separate days of sickness absence in the last three years" sound?????

pumel their heads in?

seems luicrous, that's nothing compared to some of the wee takers around here -and then there's those that don't even actually do any work... (present company excluded )

Ned.

It sounds like you've got a bad immune system

Anyway, just because you've been ill nine times doesnt mean you're gonna be ill another nine times necessarily (how do you spell it??).

Adam

Sounds like Pants.......
It's that age old.....them n us......Office and shop floor syndrome...always get rid of the people that actually do the work to earn the money rather than the prick wearing a tie trying to look important.....That's why i work for myself....

Mark,

From your pearls of wisdom (no blue smarties in sight) can i deduce that you don't wear a tie and you're not a prick?



Ned.

Pat,thats a dreadfull response from any company for not getting the job,its obvious man management skills are in short supply at your firm.

wierd isnt it,in the 70's a response to an employee like that would have lead to the entire factory walking out.

Was the sickness stress related because of the Avon building or working for the magistrates.

Carl

average of 3 sickies a year sounds pretty good to me. almost commendably low compared to some of the people i (used to) work with!

its such a nitpicky response i'd say that theres another reason for it, that they cant legally use. like 'the other guy that gets it is a mate of the person hiring' etc..

Bit of both!

That was for a job with the bloody Police!

So you can't be sick for 3 days a year??????

Pat...

That should be fine:-
One day off for the DVLA inspection
One day off for the SVA (Just hope you pass first time)

Only used 2 days where the problem?

Carl

a job WITH the police or a job as a BOBBY?

Would you realy want to work for people with that kind of attitude??????

If thats the only thing seperating 2 candidates then i would choose the one who has less sickdays too - who wouldnt????


Harsh but fair too.

What is amazing is that being off a day at a time on 3 occasions is seen as being worse than stopping offf once for 3 days!!!

A company i used to work for wouldnt pay people unless they were off for 5 days or more. Something to do with people getting drunk on Sundays and stopping off Mondays with hangover. They just stopped off fo rthe week instead!!


Strange rules. Especially if you are off for one day then come back when not recovered to show commitment then get penalised for it.

Victim of the matrix.

Mick

couple of points here,

40% of absence is on a monday or friday!
(the other 60% is tues, weds, thurs)

The average is 5 days sick per year for office based employees

I wear a shirt and tie and look important

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Originally posted by MikeR
couple of points here,

40% of absence is on a monday or friday!
(the other 60% is tues, weds, thurs)

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yep - but when you say 40% of absence is monday or friday people automatically assume the worst!

(guess who's company sent all its managers on a absence management course!)

I would show my dismay, and go sick

Thats the most S**** excuse Ive heard Pat for many a day.
My wife was fired for being in hospital!
ANOTHER TIME SHE WAS TOLD YOU CANT BE ON HOLIDAY AND BE SICK AT THE SAME TIME.

I got a manger sacked when I worked for Macs flipping burgers wilst I was back at college. She thought she was smart when she gave me a hard time everyshift. What she didnt know was I knew the regional manager on first name terms having worked with him ten years before.
Her career in fast food was cut very short.


But the one that got me was "How about a porno video of you and I wont fire you"

A complaint to the HR brought a responce that was very unexpected. They backed the manager!

HIS FACE WILL BE SORTED WHEN SHE NEXT SEES HIM.........SHES A KARATE NUTTER NOW!

The list goes on and on........ The rise of unions will return if you have management like this.
If you think its bad in normal salary jobs the females in the lowest paid jobs get it the worst.

If you're not white, gay and religious you could have had him on descrimination. Shame, but a fact of life. Very poor excuse Pat I must say - but no easier to swallow. As a previous poster said "who would want to work for an employer like that anyway?"

Pat, as you know our lass works for the Police and they're very keen on this!

possibly part of hte problem is that hte police have a real issue with sickness.....

now could that be cause they employ slackers or perhaps cause they are all over worked, over stressed and under appreciated?

it was on the news today that ryan air have banned staff from charging moble phones on company electricity cos it costs 0.5p a time, and it all adds up.

nothing like keeping the workers happy!

atb

steve

3 days a year is a very reasonable amount of time to be sick on. admittedly you could take less, but 3 days is entirely realistic. 7 or 10 days i would call idleness or selfinflicted (unless backed up by a real docs note), but 3 really isnt too much. unlucky.

Id put money on it that there was already someone in for the job, it was advertised and interviewed anyway to follow procedure and shortlisted candidates had to be told something to make it sound crdeible that they werent successful.

i have seen this type of thinf=g inmy old place. Mainly when managers were propmted. It usually transpired at a later date that the successful candididate may have put notice in after being refused promotions etc over the previous few years so instead of losing him/her they were promoted instead. In order to avoid questions and resentment amogst other similar people who also seeked new job there was an advert placed etc anyway. You never really know what goes on until you are involved in it.