My boss just did this, for a good reason as her partner unexpected and prematurely went into labour, but it did get me wondering in what other situation this is an acceptable thing to do
Honestly, it depends on your job.
Some jobs will fire you for taking too long in the restroom.
Those are not good jobs.At other jobs, nobody will flinch if you send a quick note saying you gotta leave now for personal reasons and just take off.
It’s amazing how the conditions of job scale with pay. The lowest paid jobs have the worst conditions, work environment, colleagues and management. One way of climbing this ladder is to acquire niche skills that are difficult to replace. Charisma is probably the top tier skill when seeking the best work conditions. If you add psychopathy to that, forget about it, you on the board of directors.
Those are not good jobs.
Over time, those jobs will lose all the good staff. It’s self-correcting.
it depends, people also need money to yk survive so they’ll often accept lots of abuse because they don’t have much other choice.
Any personal crisis is a good reason, child sick, significant other in a crash, you getting sick.
Any reason at all. It’s your life, not theirs.
In Germany, this is acceptable whenever you feel unable to continue your shift (be it due to personal distress or sickness). If you showed up at all, your shift will be paid in full and not counted as sick day or anything if you have to stop it because you have become unable to continue working.
So you can just clock in and go home, and this it fine?
Well, basically yes. You tell your superior that you stop working because you’re not feeling well and go home. You can’t do that constantly of course, it’s gonna get noticed if you’re abusing it of course.
Some reasons I’ve done this:
- Family member in hospital (ER/ICU)
- I get a migraine
- I generally just feel super tired for some reason and I cannot continue
- House emergency (basement flooding)
- Shitting their pants.
- Family emergency
- Active shooter on the job site
- natural disaster in, on, or around the job site
- nuclear war is declared
- alien invasion
- the second coming of Christ
- Elvis is back on tour along with the Big Bopper, Richie Valence and Bill Haley
- You felt like it
I can’t tell you how many times I hoped it was an alien invasion.
As others have said, it depends on your job and what’s going on that day, but in my career, I have left work early just to take my kids to the zoo.
I told my boss I was leaving. He asked me why. I said, “It’s a gorgeous summer day, life is short and I’m gonna take my kids to the zoo.”
He kinda eyeballed me for a second and then laughed and said “Ok. Have fun!”
And we did.
Any reason is good enough especially in America. There are nuances and stuff here obviously but in general, fuck your job. Unless you somehow live in an actual socialist society which many don’t, your job doesnt matter and pays less then it should by design. Everytime you get out of working or do malicious compliance that is less money going to a ceo somewhere.
Everytime
Not a word.
Oh good! I’m so glad you assholes are back since federation. How’s it been since the 00s?
I worked as a landscaper just after high school and while working on a flower bed behind an apartment I stepped directly on a yellow jacket nest. Before I realized what had happened there were yellow jackets in my pant leg. I was stung well over 100 times. I was allowed to take the rest of the day off.
JFC
Shit ma pants
Anything medial realted to a family member or close friend. Anything witch requires the response to an emergency service, something you own on fire, or will soon be on fire, gas leak.
Absolutely medical things are the best reason. Anywhere like that from which you can get a note proving the event happened makes it excused in my workplace.
If you’re an American, I’d go with diarrhea if you’re in a workplace with bad management. If you have a boss that actually cares about you, tell them you have a migraine.
Diarrhea is no excuse in America. Strap on some Depends and get back to work!
Nice weather
They’ve pulled an all-nighter getting things ready for a presentation with a big client, everything is perfect, then the client postpones the meeting at the last minute. Good afternoon, I’m going to bed.
Winning the lottery. Not “acceptable” maybe, but a valid reason nonetheless.
