Is it okay na your boss is calling you regarding work related issues while on SL

[gwacie]

With my boss, no problem. It's only when they need something urgently that she'd call, and she'd keep it brief. But with other departments... argh! That's why I put the phone on silent. I need sleep to get better.

[Girltalker2]

As the boss, I try not to call if the guy is in SL. Pero if I cannot help it at sya lang nakakaalam and I have exhausted all efforts to para alamin pero wala parin at sya lang nakakaalam, I will email the person (may mobile phones naman sila provided by the company) and ask him/her nicely kumusta na sya at apologize since medyo urgent and would really appreciate it if makakatulong sya.

As the subordinate, I look at the urgency of the issue. If not urgent, pinagpapaliban ko (emails).  Sometimes they call pero kung hindi ko alam bakit, I won't answer.  Tapos magsend sila ng email if urgent, then I will return their call.  There are instances na mild lang ang SL ko, pero alam kong hindi urgent, dedma.  Pero there are instances na nasa hospital nako pero alam kong urgent at walang iba makakagawa, I call my boss and submit what I need to at a reasonable time.

[kikaygirl5810]

Yeah its ok...its the boss anyway..
He even asked back to office when i"m on my VL and in in the middle of my body scrubbbbbbbbbbb!
shower agad agad or else... but he paid for everything bumalik lang ako sa office. lol

[Angelite]

I think it is okay for the boss to call me even if I am on SL but only for urgent cases. Not to the point na konting kibot lang tawag na agad.
I also make sure that I have a back up para kahit wala ako eh may mapagtatanungan cya.

[dara_01]

in extreme cases.  especially if you have pending work, cyempre biglaan kang nawala tapos hindi mo natapos scheduled submission na pala.

[huggykaye]

isa to sa reklamo ko sa boss ko, last year, i was hospitalized for a week... hindi naman sya nagtatanong about work, pero every morning, madaling araw pa lang, magtetext nagtatanong kung makakapasok na daw ba ako... hindi ka man lang kamustahin... first three days na nasa hospital ako ganyan ang ginawa nya... ang sama ng loob ko nun sa kanya, dahil hinang hina na nga katawan ko nun tapos may mangungulit ng ganon... feeling ko lang napaka insensitive nya, ano ba akala nya ginagawa ko sa ospital, pumaparty...

[mysterioza_me]

Sa akin ok lang madalas naman kasi unplanned ang SL kaya may napepending na work na possible na ako lang nakaalam.Pero may na-experience ako sa previous work ko dati na tumawag ako for SL due to hospitalization gusto nila ihatid ko the same day ang medcert ko, naka-dextrose na ko paghahatirin pa ko ng medcert, dinedma ko lang sila. Pagbalik ko ng office after a week nag-issue sila ng Notice to Explain due to negligence, work abandonment, attendance issues etc., kahit nagbigay ako ng medcert. Nagthreaten pa na magkakaron ng HR hearing, sabi ko ilalapit ko sa DOLE yung case ko if itutuloy nila yung HR hearing since valid naman reason ko at willing magtestify yung doctor.

Mas ayaw ko na tinatawagan ako pag-VL kasi naayos ko na work ko bago ako mag-VL at may napagbilinan na ko. Saka naka-set yung out of office auto reply sa email ko.

[dara_01]

^hindi naman maganda yung ganon sis mysterioza_me, especially if health card ang gagamitin. may liaison officer na papasyal sa hospital to check yung patient, tapos hihingi pa ng certification sa employer for philhealth, kaya sure na totoo yung sinasabi ng employee. pwera na lang kase talaga if may mga incident reports regarding attendance issues, ibang usapan na kasi yun, parang trust barrier na.
 

[mysterioza_me]

^hindi naman maganda yung ganon sis mysterioza_me, especially if health card ang gagamitin. may liaison officer na papasyal sa hospital to check yung patient, tapos hihingi pa ng certification sa employer for philhealth, kaya sure na totoo yung sinasabi ng employee. pwera na lang kase talaga if may mga incident reports regarding attendance issues, ibang usapan na kasi yun, parang trust barrier na.
 

^hindi naman maganda yung ganon sis mysterioza_me, especially if health card ang gagamitin. may liaison officer na papasyal sa hospital to check yung patient, tapos hihingi pa ng certification sa employer for philhealth, kaya sure na totoo yung sinasabi ng employee. pwera na lang kase talaga if may mga incident reports regarding attendance issues, ibang usapan na kasi yun, parang trust barrier na.

Naku sis grabe yung previous employer ko. Sinumbat pa nga sa kin yung healthcard na yan. Sabi ng manager ko "The company paid for your hospitalization so in return you should have think of the company too. You should have filed for leave of absence instead of SL. If I tell you that you could lose your job will that be ok with you?!" pasigaw pa yan. Nasagot ko talaga siya, inawat lang ako ng supervisor ko dami ko pa sana sasabihin. Ambobo kasi e, as if naman pwede ko i-schedule ang pagkakasakit ko. Saka hindi lang naman ako ang pwede gumawa ng work ko, marami kami. Hinintay ko talaga yang HR Hearing na yan, nagfollow up pa ko sa HR, as per HR hindi daw nagproceed yung case since complete documentation, pati xray at lahat ng lab results pinasa ko sa knila , pati billing. Nilayasan ko sila, puro revenue ang concern nila at wala paki sa employees nila. Kiss-a$$ sa mga clients e.

[dara_01]

^for what i know sis mysterioza_me.  LOA is used kapag scheduled operation/hospitalization ang gagawin. pero if hindi SL lang muna, if need for extension of rest due to the operation or sickness saka magsesecure ng LOA, lalo na kapag wala kang fit to work galing sa doctor. tagging lang naman ang LOA, pero under SL category rin naman un. sana inilapit mo na sa DOLE sis, lalo na may verbal abuse pa.  kahit ikaw pa ang may kasalanan hindi ka pwede bulyawan ng boss mo.

[mysterioza_me]

Yun nga din ang sabi ko na hindi naman planned yung SL ko kaya di ako makakapunta kasi naka-confine. Para di lumaki yung issue inilipat ako ng manager. Pero after a year ibinalik ako dun kaya nagresign na ko. I'm happier with my current employer.

[dara_01]

^ganun talaga sis e lahat kase ng rules may per manager's discretion. pero at least you're happy now.

[mysterioza_me]

Buti na lang nangyari yun kasi naging firm ako sa desisyon ko nung magresign na ko.

[dara_01]

naalala ko lang, meron akong PR na ang reason ay laging unattended yung phone ko nung nagVL ako. sobrang sama ng loob ko dati na photocopy ko pa yung PR at nagipit ako ng copy sa ID ko. pero this year lang kinalimutan ko na.

just for the sake of sharing, here's the content of the PR:

staff undergone her scheduled leaves with identified back-up. however, the identified back-up was also called out sick the whole week.  the staff stated that she was on call and will have access to email but she failed to respond to most calls and did not returned the calls.

i didn't respond nor explain to this, i just signed and acknowledged.  for me, nothing to explain because it's not my fault that the back-up was in unscheduled leave.  tsaka, i don't think na nasubmit ito sa HR kase 1-2 sentences pa lang sablay na.
(pero what they don't know e wala talaga signal dun sa province namin ng globe. kelangan ka pa pumunta sa baybay para magkaroon ng signal. pero what's the point of explaining. hindi rin naman kase ako masalita e. minsan lang kapag OA na ang sinasabi.)

i am over this now.  it takes me 2 yrs to finally forget.  ngayon ko lang ulit naalala. well i'm on my 4th year in this company.

[trizh]

Minsan kasi, sana konting consideration man lang hehe. Kung sobrang important at wala naman talagnag back up, okay lang naman sana.

[Drax]

Something worse happened to me before.  My boss sent the company driver to bring all my work files to my house while I was sick.    Eventually I left that insensitive, inconsiderate company. 

If you really resent being called by your boss or anyone from work when you're on SL, set your smartphone to block calls and texts from all their numbers until the day you go back to work. 

If they call your house landline, ask someone else to answer the phone, say that you are asleep, and to leave a message which you will of course ignore.

When you come back to work and they use your actions against you, maybe it's time for you to ask yourself if want to continue working for people like those.   

[mysterioza_me]

Pagganyan na ka-OA DOLE na yan, infairness naman sa kanila mabilis sila um-action. Grabe naka-sickleave na nga tapos hahatiran nila ng work sa bahay. Anong katwiran nila? Is that because VL's and SL's are being paid kaya dapat magtrabaho kahit onleavei3

[mysterioza_me]

Pagganyan na ka-OA DOLE na yan, infairness naman sa kanila mabilis sila um-action. Grabe naka-sickleave na nga tapos hahatiran nila ng work sa bahay. Anong katwiran nila? Is that because VL's and SL's are being paid kaya dapat magtrabaho kahit onleavei3

[snowberry]

As much as possible, I don't call employees on SL especially for a R & F employee, since pwede talagang ipagawa sa iba ang tasks niya. 

BUT,  if the  employee occupies a critical position and  wan't able to  endorse  an important / urgent task because nag SL nga  , then I will call. It is actually his/her responsibility to call and inform unless the reason for his /her SL is really life threatening.   

[Myealexis21]

Depende siguro sa boss haha!

For me OK lang, kase my boss is so understanding naman kapag may migraine attack pinapauwi ako nun, and no need na to give sick leave certificate.  Tapos kapag may importante akong dapat asikasuhin, pinapayagan niya ako -- as long as di naaapektuhan ang trabaho ok lang sa kanya.

So when I get sick at may urgent information na ako lang ang pede nya tanungin, ok lang sa akin na tawagan niya ako.  I actually message him and tell him that he can call me if something urgent comes up.  Pero kapag yung sakit ko yung tipong hilo hilo ako and umaapoy na lagnat - tinetext ko sya before 8am, na if incase may kelangan sa kin, I will get back as soon as ok na pakiramdam ko at kaya ko na buksan ang laptop ko.