Not Wanting To Show-Up To Work

According to the Telegraph, “Workers should think twice about making that call if they don't have a reasonable excuse.” At Friend’s House Retirement Community, when employees call in from their shift, it can be a hassle for other workers to pick up the extra work. Certain people calling in mostly on weekends because they don't want to show up to work, has a negative impact on the community. One cause of not wanting to show up to work might lead to several outcomes, which are, it's stressful for other workers, slows down service for the residents, time-consuming for others, and if it happens frequently they might lose their job.
The cause of not wanting to show up to work is not an excuse to leave other workers to pick up the slack that you

don't want to do or left behind. Some may have reasonable excuses such as “I’m sick” or “my car broke down/ got into an accident” and so on. Others may have lame excuses such as, saying they're sick but they doesn’t sound like it just to get away with it, or they don't have a ride/ can't come in because they're babysitting or doing something else. Before anyone decides to call into work, they should at least give a 5-6 hour notice before their shift, have a reasonable excuse, try to request off if you can't come that day, and find someone to cover for you. As a supervisor on the weekends, there are certain workers that call in sometimes because they pretend to be sick or can't come in, but someone finds out they are at a party or putting stuff on social media. Calling in a couple of hours earlier will give time for whoever is supervising or in charge to try to find someone willing to cover that shift. Having a reasonable excuse is the only way you don't have to show up to work like being sick. Work is divided between the workers and they all have different duties that have to be done by the end of their shift. Someone doesn’t come in; the work is put on the other workers that are there.
Calling out puts more stress on other workers because they have to do more work than expected opposed to usual days.

As a supervisor or a regular employee, when we hear someone called in we get annoyed because it's more work on us that we have to do. Workers might split their work evenly to finish on time. It's very stressful for other workers because they might not even get a break or even finish on time because they are just walking from here to there trying to get things done. According to Hubworks, “When the employee calls out the eleventh-hour, managers are left scurry around and hastily find coverage for the missing manpower... If for some reason a replacement can't come in to cover, shifts are more stressful with a dwindled team pulling all the weight.” It can be stressful for workers but also the managers because they have to find someone else to cover that shift. If it's not an important reason to miss work, then there's no reason to call in because it creates chaos. Workers might get stressed out because they have a lot of work to do, they might forget to do other things because they are running around trying to get things done. If someone calls in and they don't find a replacement for that shift, and the other employees don't know how to do it, it can be a big problem because it can get stressful for everyone. For example, we have 2 people in the dish room that work together to serve a small group of residents in another section. They have other responsibilities such as, washing the dishes that come in from the dining room and carts, also setting up drinks for the residents. If someone calls in saying can’t make it, then the manager would have to bring someone from the dining room to help out which puts stress on the worker because they don’t know what they’re

doing.
People calling into work at the last minute slows down the service for residents. For example, there are 3 waitresses that work in the dining room at night and when someone calls in it ruins the flow of work. When there are only 2 employee’s working, they have to split the work evenly and the supervisor might pitch in to help if all their tasks are done for the next day. There are certain residents that get their order taken, when the workers can't get their order right away and others have food at the table, they might get mad because everything is moving at a slow pace. There might not be time for the workers to get the residents requests right away because they are rushing around from all the chaos that is happening. It puts more work on the two workers that have to do everything by themselves and try to finish for the next sitting that comes after. Residents might have to wait to get their food order, dessert, or drink because they might not know that the workers are shorthanded.
Time is another factor if a worker decides to call into work saying they can’t make it. It is time-consuming for other workers because they have to catch up to finish on time. For example, when there’s a call in at night where the shift starts from 4 to 8, it is very time-consuming because workers have to rush everything to finish by 8. Sometimes they might finish past 8, but it rarely happens because we try to finish on time. Depending on the pace of the workers, they might finish before and have time to sit until 8.
Calling out frequently might lead to serious consequences such as, to point where they get fired. There's no point of having a job if you're going to call in frequently and let others do your work. Calling in because you don't want to show up to your job doesn't look good on your part because it shows a bad example of yourself to others. For example, if a worker doesn’t show up or call in for 3-5 days straight they might end up getting fired. The manager might be suspicious of certain workers calling in because they do it all the time and he might talk to them, letting them know it's not acceptable. For example, we had a worker that would call in and sometimes not even show up or call. Management agreed to fire him because there was no point of him staying because he wasn't a help to the community. We would just wait for him to show up, but he never did so they came to an agreement because it would screw everyone over. We have many people that call in or do not show up and the outcome of that is losing their job. This impacts management because they have to find someone else or hire more people to replace that position and it might be a long process to go through.
Employee’s come up with any reason to miss their shift with an unreasonable excuse just to get away with it. According to Forbes, “Absenteeism is an employee’s intentional or habitual absence from work.” It's not right for anyone to call in because they don't know the work that others have to pick up after them. Workers being stressed out, service is slowed down, time is involved, and losing their job are all factors that impact the community altogether.