SWTK - Is an SMS notification of a sicky acceptable?

[Slick89]

my boss cracked the shits today that I sms when sick and wants me to always call
been a year of sms sickys and he never had a prob before

so what do you think is an sms ok?

I said i send sms because Im to sick to talk

[timmay]

No, an SMS is not acceptable.
And neither is getting your mum to ring.

[Slick89]

No, an SMS is not acceptable.
And neither is getting your mum to ring.

i dont want to get all opinionated but if your sick what diff does it make how its said. employers need to take a day off and chillax

[Barfridge]

I know when I have a day off I normally have a few loose ends that need to be sorted. So I have to speak to somebody to pass those tasks on.

[timmay]

i dont want to get all opinionated but if your sick what diff does it make how its said. employers need to take a day off and chillax

If I had an SMS on a Monday morning, I would maybe think that the employee is just hung over and can't be bothered calling me.
How will I tell him that he needs a doctors certificate? Are you saying that you honestly cannot talk for long enough to say "Hi, It's ____, I'm too sick to come to work today, I'll get a doctors note"
If you called me, and I could genuinely hear that you are sick, then OK.
It's not difficult to show that little bit of respect to an employer. It's not like he can force you to go to work anyway.
Edit: This is just my opinion anyway.

[Brougham]

You're too sick to talk for 15sec on the phone, but not too sick to vent about it online for 15mins?

I call bullcrap.

[r0gue]

my boss cracked the shits today that I sms when sick and wants me to always call
been a year of sms sickys and he never had a prob before

so what do you think is an sms ok?

I said i send sms because Im to sick to talk

A year of sms sickys? How many sickys do you have a year?
Sounds to me like your boss is more sick of all your sickys, as opposed to how you inform him of it.
Maybe he thinks you are just having days off, so having you call allows him to tell if you really are sick.
I would imagine if you are too sick to talk on a phone, you should be in hospital.
As an employer, i would make you provide a doctors certificate too if you have a lot of sick days.

[Cam]

employers need to take a day off and chillax

Best laugh I've had so far this morning, thanks.

SMS notification is *not* okay. Your employer, the person that enables you to pay your bills, has every right to be pissed with you.

[darkfibre]

Is it OK for the boss to sms you to say your services are no longer required ?

[Brougham]

It makes my day when people come on here to vent a massive injustice against them, only to be unanimously slammed by PSB as being a whiny little bitch.

[Mirkz]

I've done the SMS thing in the past, but only because I was able to get away with it. (The bosses would SMS me with shit themselves, so it was a mutual thing), these days though it's always a quick call. 8 times out of 10 I'm just leaving a voicemail anyway haha.

[devolved]

I'd SMS my boss - but only because he's a c**t and I can't be bothered talking to him. He hates me too so its a win/win.

[Chaos-incarnate]

I got my Mum to call once but they accepted it because she held the phone next to my head over the toilet spewing my guts up. Couldn't stop throwing up long enough to talk.
What a waste of a sick day

(it was the only day off I had for the whole year though and not even self inflicted.)

[Barfridge]

It makes my day when people come on here to vent a massive injustice against them, only to be unanimously slammed by PSB as being a whiny little bitch.

hey, you're not supposed to be piss funny. Stop messing with the natural order of things.

[tim the pool man]

Best laugh I've had so far this morning, thanks.

SMS notification is *not* okay. Your employer, the person that enables you to pay your bills, has every right to be pissed with you.

This. Your employer is in effect your customer. You provide a service for which he pays. Most of us treat our customers with respect.

[tim the pool man]

Is it OK for the boss to sms you to say your services are no longer required ?

haha I like this. On a slightly related note, why is it okay for an employee to say "I don't want to work here any more, no reason" and leave, but somehow not okay for an employer to say "I don't want you to work here any more, no reason, please leave"?

[Cam]

I've kept in touch with bosses via email or text, but if I'm unwell, a phone call is ideal. I would say an email is *occasionally* acceptable, depending on your working relationship, job function, if you can then work from home, etc..etc..etc..

If you're just casually SMS'ing your boss every time you're feeling a bit rough, then you deserve a bum kicking.

**edit: I think the last time I sms'd a boss was a couple of years ago, something like "Being raped by cops on the road side, be a bit late."

[timmay]

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[Slick89]

I'd SMS my boss - but only because he's a c**t and I can't be bothered talking to him. He hates me to so its a win/win.

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[Roger Explosion]

*Fuggin Derpity.
Carry on.