I have a really shitty job, and quite frankly, on some mornings I’ve woken up and said, “No way am I going to deal with those assholes today.” grabbed the phone and called in sick.
In the past six months, I’ve burned through eighty hours of paid time off and Goddess knows how many unpaid sick days. Well, finally, my bosses have decided that they’ve had enough, and have told me that I have to take a DMD.
What’s a DMD? Its a “Decision Making Day.” This means, that I get a day off with pay to think about whether or not I want to continue working there. [Monty Python Voice]Where the hell’s the logic in that?[/MPV] An employee has too high of an absentee rate, so to punish him, you give him a day off, and pay him for it?
Jesus fucking Christ on a god damn pogo stick! You people are fucking nuts! Just tell the asshole that if he misses any more days, he’s fired and leave it at that! No wonder we’re nearly dead last in our industry, and facing bankruptcy! God, what a bunch of shit-for-brains! So, instead of working, I’ll be spending my Sunday going through the want ads, looking for work. And, if I make it up in time on Monday (which I’m earnestly going to try to do), I’ll see you then. Nut jobs!
They must have administrators who used to work for a school, where they’d punish you for skipping school too many times by suspending you for a day or more…
Hey, I start a job about three levels down from being a telemarketer (I’ll be manufacturing junk mail) on Tuesday. Considering that it’s the first time I’ve had a job since August, I’m just happy to have something to do… It pays the same as my last job working with pyrotechnics, and is presumably a bit safer… it’ll eve pay me more when I move to second shift the next week, which is good 'cause I really don’t want to get up before six in the morning.
Sorry for the hijack, I just hadn’t shared yet.
As for fucking anyone on a god damn pogo stick, I bet that it’d be difficult unless you had really good balance.
Just out of curiosity, what sort of a job is it, and does it have anything to do with gelatin?
I give my employees a well day, as in “I’m doing so great, I’m calling in well. Seeya manana.”
In a former life, I woke up at 2a freaking out about the fact that wrestling tickets weren’t selling well and that I’d have to set up more radio promotions (six years ago before the steroids kicked in, mktg. dir. at a 10,000 seat arena). I decided to quit my job, which consisted of brief moments of coolness punctuating long periods of stress, paranoia, idiot egos and utter BS. The next day I wrote a resignation letter. Changed careers entirely and still wake up happy to go to work, which doesn’t seem much like work (except when grants are due) because I love it so.
Hope you find a way to occupy your days that makes you smile. (I’d insert a smiley here except I hate 'em.)
What I like is the employer who responds to excessive sick time by requiring a doctor’s excuse for further absences. This extends one day gone for not feeling well to a second day for the doctor’s appointment, at which point the doctor will write an excuse for a couple of more days to recover from whatever had you down in the first place. Result: one sick day turns into three or four, with the result that the previously excessive sick time gets worse, not better. I love bureaucracies.
What burns me are shitty-ass little retail-type jobs that require a doctor’s excuse from the get-go (i.e., even if absenteism isn’t a problem) and don’t pay insurance or provide sick leave.
Tuckerfan, not that your employer needs me to take up for them, but…
The DMD is a device that’s at least half-intended to prompt you to quit. This is much better for your employer than waiting for your next unexcused absence in order to fire you. They’re less liable for an EOE suit or some other legal action, and they have to process less paperwork. Plus, every now and then this probably gets a recalcitrant employee to straighten up their attendance (for a while, anyway).
Giving you the day off with pay is cheap, and puts them in a much better legal position.
Why didn’t you already just quit the job if you hate it so much? The agreement was to give them an honest day’s work for an agreed rate of pay. If that sucks, get another job. If you can’t find another job, live up to the agreement you signed up for! Another job will come along. I think they’re being more than nice about your crappy work ethic. I would have bounced you a long time ago.
EchoKitty, you might find this hard to believe, but they practically worship the gound I walk on. Why? Because unlike most of the drooling slackjaws who work there, I actually have a grasp of what’s going on, and of how to do the job. And I am looking for another job, but there’s not very many of them out there at this time.
xenophon41, I think that you’re partially right. Certainly, its a ploy to get me to quit if I’m just going to go ahead and do it, but legally, it makes no difference. This is a “Right to Work” state, which means they can cut me loose for almost any reason at all and not have to worry about paying me unemployment.