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re: Etiquette; Texting your boss on a Sunday evening saying you won’t be at work Monday
Posted on 2/23/26 at 6:12 am to Sus-Scrofa
Posted on 2/23/26 at 6:12 am to Sus-Scrofa
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How often is someone really so sick they can’t go in to work? That’s the bar that has moved over the years
On the company side or the employee side?
Because the company will say you are never sick enough to stay home.
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 6:38 am to TechDawg2007
We just text and that's it.
Not necessary for them to very.
Not necessary for them to very.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 6:44 am to TechDawg2007
I will if I think I will miss work. Super rare and it’s never been on a Sunday evening, though. Personnel receives notification at business opening. My boss also gives me the same courtesy of a text.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 7:23 am to TechDawg2007
If I'm going to be out, I drive to the ER and wait for an ambulance to come in with the sirens on. I then hurry up and call my boss and tell him I helped an old lady that was in an accident get to the hospital and I want to sit with her to make sure she's ok. Then straight to golf course.
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 7:24 am
Posted on 2/23/26 at 8:15 am to atxfan
Andy has boo boo tum tum 
Posted on 2/23/26 at 8:22 am to TechDawg2007
Depends on your role. If someone else needs to come in and cover for you I would let them know day before. Otherwise I’d wait until Monday morning.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 8:26 am to BabyTac
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I put a guy on a PIP for calling in multiple times for various reasons like dog being sick, him being ‘sick’, needing to take dog to vet, etc. Always on a Monday.
Yea, how bout you put down the bottle and get your shite together. Calling in on a Monday esp multiple Mondays is a huge red flag
If this guy doesn't have any performance related issues and he is using PTO, my view is that your time is yours. But if you do that shite all year and then run out of time and need it, you're going to have to do FMLA or something.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 8:33 am to GeauxtigersMs36
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I’d call.
Call. If the boss doesn't answer, then hang up and follow up with a text. Don't make the boss have to listen to voice mail.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:05 am to REB BEER
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I would. But I work for a small company and both bosses are good friends. We have a group text with all employees, so I’d send it that
This is a terrible expectation for me to call off in a group chat of peers wtf is that
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:16 am to gobuxgo5
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This is a terrible expectation for me to call off in a group chat of peers wtf is that
He didn't say that was an expectation, he just said that's what he'd do.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:21 am to TechDawg2007
wfh has ruined being sick. this isn't talked about enough
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:22 am to TulsaSooner78
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Call. If the boss doesn't answer, then hang up and follow up with a text. Don't make the boss have to listen to voice mail.
Maybe this is just the millennial in me. If you call me outside of work hours; it better be urgent. Don't call me on the weekend with what should have been a simple text. Because if one of my employees did call on a weekend, my first thought is "Oh shite, what happened?".
eta: So to answer OP. It's not a big deal in my group either way, but I prefer as much notice as possible. So a text or email the day before would be preferred.
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 10:53 am
Posted on 2/23/26 at 9:44 am to KamaCausey_LSU
yeah if i called my boss on a sunday i think he would assume i've been in a bad car accident or something like that
Posted on 2/23/26 at 10:07 am to TechDawg2007
If you have a boss, that’s pathetic. level up and take some risks in life
Posted on 2/23/26 at 10:38 am to TechDawg2007
Learning the policy where you work is the correct answer.
I would have expected to be notified ASAP if I needed to cover the needs when employees could not get the job done.
But most of them would call coworkers to cover for their duties and then notify me of the change with the coworker copied on the message.
The problem and solution in one efficient message.
If necessary, they knew that I would cover the duties personally.
We communicated well and took good care of each other. Maturity and responsibility were a large expectation in our work culture - up and down the food chain.
If that is not your work environment, try to introduce it, because everyone benefits.
I would have expected to be notified ASAP if I needed to cover the needs when employees could not get the job done.
But most of them would call coworkers to cover for their duties and then notify me of the change with the coworker copied on the message.
The problem and solution in one efficient message.
If necessary, they knew that I would cover the duties personally.
We communicated well and took good care of each other. Maturity and responsibility were a large expectation in our work culture - up and down the food chain.
If that is not your work environment, try to introduce it, because everyone benefits.
Posted on 2/23/26 at 10:45 am to TechDawg2007
If your job requires that schedules have to be adjusted so that someone can cover for you, tell your boss as soon as you realize you can't go in.
If you not being there doesn't require schedule changes, text him the morning of so you're not giving him additional grief on his time off.
If you not being there doesn't require schedule changes, text him the morning of so you're not giving him additional grief on his time off.
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