How many call ins?

lady constance · Jul 21, 2011

i dont have any issue with management going after people who milk the clock..i find it an abhorrent practice and i hope some day the employees who do it come to the truth that it is really stealing,,,,

break times--- i know i am major OCD, but i think many institutions should give employees timers for lunch,,,, you bring it back before it goes off.. YAH --that is sad that i even think that, but i cant tell you how many times folks dont seem to be able to tell time......

and i have worked as nurse long enough to be seriously inconvienced by fellow co workers who come in 5-15-20 minutes after they were supposed to be there... so i totally approve the clock in times...

and i can am proud to say my hard to please manager has said to me a few times she never ever questions my time worked over my hours....and thanked me for staying late to care for the patients.... should be that way for every nurse manager and employee

tiffjh2 · Jul 21, 2011

I'm not sure of my works policy but I seen many no call no show...I think u can call of one a month..its private owned facility

That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Jul 21, 2011

15.

Yes 15. One month of calling in.

tiffjh2 · Jul 21, 2011

15.
Yes 15. One month of calling in.

Wow that's crazier than mine!

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Jul 21, 2011

We have a point system you start with 45 points when you drop below 30 then you get written up

5 points for a call off

1 point for tardies

10 points for a weekend call off

Double points for holiday week!

We have a few who are so low if they sneeze they will be fired

lady constance · Jul 21, 2011

yah--we have a few really good nurses that are in the same position.....a one minute clock in late and BOOM!-- sadly the boss seems to forget when she used to have to clock in and was minutes late and simply did not clock in just wrote her time in and the previous manager would overlook things like that unless it was a habitual thing...

and there have been quite a few who have suddenly had the surgeries they need done...and used major amounts of their earned sick time....and i dont blame them one bit----

sadly i have had to read books on bully bosses, how to get along with difficult people, living with screwed up people...cant tell yah how many books i have read trying to understand her modus operandi.... and have concluded that there are psychopathic people in the profession.... there are actually people who have NO conscience at all or a under developed on that needs rigorous enlightenment....currently reading character disturbance the phenomenon of our age by george k simon jr Ph D... fabulous read and i cant wait to get to the part that explains how to deal with narcissitic and psychpathic folks....

cherrybreeze, ADN, RN · Jul 21, 2011

Where I last worked, it was based on a rolling calendar year, and the number of call offs you were allowed was based on the number of days per week you worked. So, if you worked 5 8-hour shifts a week, you could have 5 call offs in a year. If you worked 3 12's, you could have 3. Doctor's notes made no difference at all, either, which was the hardest. It seemed like I was always walking the line on too many (when one of them was them SENDING ME HOME due to a sore throat; I couldn't even talk). I didn't need to be off the three days that would have allowed for FMLA, though (since when you work 3 12's, 3 shifts can stretch over several days). It was a tough policy. Tardiness was considered an occurrence as well.

~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN · Jul 21, 2011

i dont have any issue with management going after people who milk the clock..i find it an abhorrent practice and i hope some day the employees who do it come to the truth that it is really stealing,,,,
break times--- i know i am major OCD, but i think many institutions should give employees timers for lunch,,,, you bring it back before it goes off.. YAH --that is sad that i even think that, but i cant tell you how many times folks dont seem to be able to tell time......
and i have worked as nurse long enough to be seriously inconvienced by fellow co workers who come in 5-15-20 minutes after they were supposed to be there... so i totally approve the clock in times...
and i can am proud to say my hard to please manager has said to me a few times she never ever questions my time worked over my hours....and thanked me for staying late to care for the patients.... should be that way for every nurse manager and employee

We have timers for lunch. It's not because we can't tell time, it's because we do our breaks a little different and lose track of time easy or forget to clock back in. (the nearest time clock swipe is a unit over so we clock in and out on the computer) also because we have to make sure to take a 31-35 min lunch. So it just makes it easier to use a timer. If we are eating lunch off the unit then it would be easier to remember to clock in as you come back and keep track of time. But we are usually taking our lunch at the nurses station.

belgarion · Jul 21, 2011

There's a limit on paper but judging from the frequency some people call in it isn't enforced.