I'm not sick, but I don't get personal days, just sick days, and I really want to take tomorrow off. I'd rather send an e-mail in the morning to avoid a conversation or leaving a rambling voicemail message. Who has sent an e-mail instead of calling their boss to claim illness? Did it work or did they get suspicious?

11/3/2008 9:19:33 PM

that's pretty much SOP in my office

11/3/2008 9:20:03 PM

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"THAT'S NOT ALLOWED"

11/3/2008 9:20:06 PM

yes.

[Edited on November 3, 2008 at 9:20 PM. Reason : actually I called in "working from home for the day"]

11/3/2008 9:20:14 PM

"call in" via


email


?

11/3/2008 9:20:16 PM

unprofessional imo

11/3/2008 9:20:40 PM

i did but that cuz i hated my "boss" and he knew i was lying but couldnt do shit about it so then we just wrote several nasty emails back and forth for a day or two

11/3/2008 9:20:48 PM

i've done it, i emailed at 6am saying i was sick as shit and going back to bed but i really was sick as shit and went in at noon still kinda sick

11/3/2008 9:20:52 PM

<--- Has called in sick via e-mail.

11/3/2008 9:20:55 PM

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"that's pretty much SOP in my office"

11/3/2008 9:21:00 PM

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"that's pretty much SOP in my office"

same here, it's also easier to keep track of email rather than phone calls

11/3/2008 9:21:07 PM

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""call in" via email ?"

11/3/2008 9:21:09 PM

Works better if you don't email them at 2:15am and say:

I feel great right now, but by tomorrow morning I am going to be hugging the toilet and I prefer to do that at home.

11/3/2008 9:21:11 PM

^ i've seen some that go into that much detail

11/3/2008 9:21:48 PM

thats the only way i 'call' in sick

via email that is

i just CC a few people so that everyone gets the message, i haven't 'faked' a sickness though, its just i get up earlier than anyone i would be calling would get to work

[Edited on November 3, 2008 at 9:23 PM. Reason : ]

11/3/2008 9:22:34 PM

I've quit jobs via e-mail before

the shits I give can be counted on zero hands

11/3/2008 9:22:38 PM

but my shit did look like pea soup mixed with blood.

11/3/2008 9:22:44 PM

it does seem like e-mail might be easier, faster, more convient...

11/3/2008 9:23:12 PM

nothing wrong with an email, but a phone call is so much easier.

11/3/2008 9:23:27 PM

do both!

11/3/2008 9:23:31 PM

wife did it this morning - it's common for both of us to email as opposed to call to take a sick day

11/3/2008 9:23:33 PM

^^^^LIKE YOUR MOM




ohhhhhhh

[Edited on November 3, 2008 at 9:24 PM. Reason : slow ]

11/3/2008 9:23:47 PM

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"it's also easier to keep track of email rather than phone calls"

and easier to pass on to others

11/3/2008 9:23:55 PM

^^OOOOHHH

SNAP

^ one of my previous jobs officially had a policy where you had to call in, but they'd then dispatch an e-mail

obviously that didn't apply to me, because no rules do, but I always thought that was odd


[Edited on November 3, 2008 at 9:25 PM. Reason : ^]

11/3/2008 9:24:12 PM

my sick leave call in number is automated.

lawl.

only ever used it one day out of three years though

11/3/2008 9:26:00 PM

^same here


it's awesome

11/3/2008 9:26:53 PM

I have. I have also called in late via e-mail. I have also called in late only to find out I have missed work and to find out I don't have work.

11/3/2008 9:29:48 PM

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"that's pretty much SOP in my office"

same here, it's also easier to keep track of email rather than phone calls

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I think the only time I have actually called in when was I had mono, thought I could work, said I would work, and then, around 230 or 3, realized there was no way in hell that I could work. I start at 4. I called on my way home from class.


Oh, and one really bad hangover.


[Edited on November 3, 2008 at 9:33 PM. Reason : lfkj]

11/3/2008 9:32:15 PM

definitely have emailed in sick. It's SOP and I cc need to know coworkers. Also, I call later in the morning to make sure it was received. Also, I've actually been sick...

My favorite call in was my "I'll be an hour and a half late" email bc our flight from NYC was delayed until 1 am...my fiance took a pic of the departure board with his iPhone and sent it as attachment.

[Edited on November 3, 2008 at 9:35 PM. Reason : sick]

11/3/2008 9:33:12 PM

i've done it once. but that's because i get to work over an hour before anyone else.

11/3/2008 9:53:42 PM

I've got "FYI: I'll be working from home today" as a saved message on outlook that I can pump out without having to type it out

I use it once or twice a month

11/3/2008 9:56:46 PM

Never e-mailed in sick, but I have texted in sick.

11/3/2008 9:59:14 PM

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"that's pretty much SOP in my office"

save for the guy who drunkenly called in sick at 11:30pm the night before (monday night football). evidently he didn't get the memo

11/3/2008 10:28:14 PM

if you're talking need to know co-workers yes, I send out an email. Personally I would still call my immediate supervisor though to let him know I am not coming in. But thats just me and i guess it really comes down to what you feel your boss or office deems as acceptable. My boss would probably never bat an eye if I emailed instead of called but I just feel better when I tell people certain things instead of just sending an email.

11/3/2008 10:34:13 PM

when i worked at build a bear in college i used to call in pretty much every weekend of my senior year because i was too drunk to come to work

11/3/2008 10:36:04 PM

i send an email as soon as i know, then call in the morning. people don't check voicemail right away but they usually check emails as soon as they get to the desk.

11/3/2008 10:37:54 PM

yes, i do this

11/4/2008 11:29:35 AM

all the time

11/4/2008 11:31:53 AM

both, call is preferred but email notice is acceptable (has to be before start of workday)

11/4/2008 11:33:43 AM

I'm the one that gets the emails for people being out sick

I on the other hand just call the 3 people I usually do stuff for to let them know.

11/4/2008 11:36:03 AM

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"that's pretty much SOP in my office"

also, we have an online in/out program that we can switch over

11/4/2008 11:36:24 AM