I just had a new employee (less than 1 month) TEXT me that he is running late. I feel like that is completely innapropriate. If you are late or going to be sick, you call. If you can't get a hold of me, you leave a message. It's not difficult. Those are my rules.
If you work or if you ever worked, how did you call out sick for work or let your boss know you're running late?
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I am a manager and the texting bothers me too. That being said, I emailed in sick this morning at 3:30 am. My shift starts at 6am and my boss usually isn't in the office until 9 am. It is 5:30 now and he already responded with "feel better and don't get your baby sick" and something about moving some meetings to another day.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Texting is so unprofessional! Too casual! If I'm running late, I HAVE to call.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
I email because its good to have a written copy of my request and the approval.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I would always call. I dreaded the call, usually because I was so sick that talking and listening were painful, and I didn't want to tell my boss that I was going to be gone yet again, but you have to do it!
squash / 13199 posts
I usually call but at my old job I hated my supervisor so much and she would ask so many personal questions so I would always call right before she arrived so I would get her voicemail.
honeydew / 7968 posts
I call. Don't have text lol... But I think that's similar to email and I don't view it as inappropriate. If u think so, let him know so he'll know not to do it again.
clementine / 861 posts
I email because it's what my boss prefers. I get to work 2 hours before he does, so I doubt he's even awake by then!
grapefruit / 4187 posts
I email. It's pretty standard to do that where I work since we all have blackberries. If I called, she actually wouldn't get the message until she got into work at 9:30ish whereas she will see my email right away. Plus like a PP said, I like to have the request and approval on file just in case. Not that it would ever not be approved, but my boss might ask at one point what days I called out so I will be able to tell her.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Our office has a set policy for attorneys - if you are going to be out (sick or vacation or whatever) for a full day - send an email to the attorneys in the firm and copy the receptionist and your assistant. So, that's what people do.
pear / 1837 posts
I only ever call if for some reason I can't access email. Email is much more efficient at my office- we all check email on our phones constantly, so if I email at 6 AM sometimes I'll get a "feel better!" reply within minutes!
DH has a really casual relationship with his supervisor, so they'll just text each other if their schedule changes.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
I've only called in once in my four years here. I called, left a vm (before office hours) and emailed too.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
We email, we all have company iphones so we just shoot each other emails and let them know the situation. Seems to work great for us.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
With my previous manager, I'd text him bc he was super laid back and that was his preferred form of communication. With my current manager (s), I email.
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
I always email. There are a number of people who need to know if I'm going to be out so it's a lot more efficient to send a mass email than to try to call them all. Plus, I get in earlier than all of them so they are normally not in yet for me to call them.
bananas / 9357 posts
I call in at 8 am when our office opens and let the receptionist know who will let my boss know when he comes in.
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
@WinnieBee: That's what we do, except I just copy the partners in my practice group and my assistant with the email. I don't like for people to wonder where I am, especially now that I'm pregnant! Similarly, I don't expect my assistant (or an associate) to call me if they are going to be out - an email is just fine.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I'm all about email if you are sick and can't talk or are too miserable to talk. I guess I was just turned off by the text from a newbie. I've had two people now who seem to think it's okay to call and talk to anyone other than me and then this guy who texts. I guess I need to lay down my instructions before it happens instead of getting annoyed later. 
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
If you were my *new* boss, I would totally have called . . . at least until we had worked together long enough for a text to be okay.
persimmon / 1135 posts
@mediagirl: So do you have a work cell phone or something? I would view texting as inappropriate because, to me, that is a personal form of communication rather than a professional one. In my old job I didn't have my boss' cell phone number, so I wouldn't have even been able to text.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
I email-- I'm based out of SoCal and my boss is in Seattle, so I don't ever see him face-to-face... all of our correspondence is though email.
apricot / 302 posts
My company prefers email, I've only called in to say I'm running late if I'm stuck in traffic. We also use texts for important messages like delayed starts, etc. But every single person in our office has an iPhone and we're all pretty young, so I think its more acceptable.
grapefruit / 4120 posts
I call in if I'm sick or text if I'm late. I don't think texting is unprofessional at all, especially if you have work phones.
persimmon / 1341 posts
I call since me being gone means they have to find a substitute for my class. I always try to make the call the night before or very early in the morning (before 5am).
My husband just has to put it into the computer system so it takes him off the call availability schedule and then as a courtesy they always warn the next guy in line via call or text so they know they'll be going to work sooner than expected and catching a different train than expected so they can plan their sleep schedule accordingly.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@MegWag: I have a personal cell that I use as my work cell when I'm out of the office. i don't use the cell while at work. I use email or regular office phone. I guess I am old school with my business ways and think texting is unprofessional, especially since we don't use our cell phones at work.
pomegranate / 3225 posts
my boss had an employee that would TEXT he was late everyday! He finally got fired, thank goodness!
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