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Originally Posted by dhoward
After normal work hours?
Since when does what I do after hours have anything to do with where I work.
(Rhetorical question, but still pisses me off)
What a bunch of pussies we have become.
"I'm calling HR..."
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Same dammmed question I had when I was forced by my supervisor to go through all the company required medical, ie: drug screening, checks ups when I had a car accident on the way home from work After work hours.
I was rear ended by an 18-wheeler. Went to the emergency room. They held me out of work for a couple days. When I called in sick to my boss the morning after the wreck I was informed that I would have to report to the clinic the company uses for Work Related injuried, etc. to be assesed before returing to work! Volumes could be written about the crappy level of treatment and what a joke this place is. Most veterinary clinics have more qualified doctors and nurses!
Oh, in 17-years I had called in sick, at that time, only two times, except for a scheduled surgery and recovery time.
So, it wasn't like I was a habitual abuser of sick time.
Long story short, depending on your state, if it's an "At Will" work state like cess pool, er, Sweet Home Alabama, they can make you do most anything they want to.
I do know this. After talking to some of my co-horts, they to a man have all said they've been run through the mill like this as well and all said they wouldn't ever again tell the company they were hurt if they had to take sick time.
To stear this back closer to the topic at hand, I think the guy shouldn't be fired, but should be hauled in and some sort of "counseling" be administered. He needs to know that his "joke" wasn't funny to the person he sent it to, nor you, and certainly not the company.... in light of the economy and all it's cruel to screw around with a person's job, so I can see where the guy that got the message was scared/upset. But I'd tell him not to worry until he heard it from someone higher up than the jokester. And maybe not call me at midnight!