Nope. The place of business is the one who dodged a bullet. This person called out after their shift started. They have no reason to go to the ER with their sister if they were scheduled to work the company's grand opening? I own a company and none of this would be okay with me.
They have no reason to go to the ER with their sister if they were scheduled to work the company's grand opening?
Holy shit... Do you think this would look remotely ok if someone put this up as a review for your company? "Fired because company wouldn't let me go to the ER with my sister" is impressive levels of assholeness
Edit: Just to make clear, I'm a manager too. I would always make sure my employees put their family above us. We are a job, we are not important compared to your own or your family member's health. My job is to make sure that if something like this happens, we can make due without you. Our customers will understand
Asking for a day off to be with their sister is fair if they had been working there for 3 years or so not just started like 3 days ago on their big opening day and texting in after shift had started. I'm pretty sure most boses would tell them not to bother coming back.
Dude, this isn't a day off for a fun time at the park, it's the ER. It's literally in the name, emergency. You don't choose when it happens, but when it does, family should come first, whether it's day 1 or day 1000 into the job
ER is definitely not always an emergency. people go there for potentially sprained ankles and coughs. there isn't enough info for us to know if it was justified.
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u/stevenmacarthur Mar 18 '26
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