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14 Aug 2014, 11:44 am

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I spoke to the department head yesterday, my bosses boss, she told me that the supervisor shouldn't have done that and that I DO NOT need a note for one day sick. The policy was made for people who make a habit of calling in on a regular basis or call in morethen one day in a week.

She the apologized to me for the inconvenience of having to get a note when it wasn't needed. The supervisor got a talking to.


Good to hear! Glad to hear the department head has good sense.

That's why the department head is the department head and the supervisor is only the supervisor.

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14 Aug 2014, 2:37 pm

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I spoke to the department head yesterday, my bosses boss, she told me that the supervisor shouldn't have done that and that I DO NOT need a note for one day sick. The policy was made for people who make a habit of calling in on a regular basis or call in morethen one day in a week.

She the apologized to me for the inconvenience of having to get a note when it wasn't needed. The supervisor got a talking to.

That's wonderful to hear! I was pretty worried for you, to be honest, but I also felt as though it was a ridiculous problem that shouldn't have happened in the first place. This definitely makes me feel better for when I apply to jobs/internships! Hopefully I'll get an understanding boss. :)



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14 Aug 2014, 9:02 pm

"Anxious and confused with mixed messages" sounds like the story of my life.



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14 Aug 2014, 11:26 pm

Communication is a big problem in most workplaces. I have been going to meetings at work and have learned a lot about communication and problems within company's caused by bad communication.

For example: The meetings I have been going to were requested by a Senior Manager and in his E-mail he stated that the meeting's were not mandatory. Then after the first meeting when talking to someone in another department he said his boss said they were mandatory and they had to go to them. Why did there boss not read the e-mail that stated that they were not mandatory and make them go to the meetings? Did there boss think they were very important and should be mandatory for his department? Who knows, but everyone was sent the same E-mail.

Sometimes people change the rules because they don't like the rules that someone else made and disagree with them. Because of this employees get caught in between the disagreement and this can cause a negative result.

Root Cause: Lack of Communication or Effective Communication


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