I was walking to the train station last night and happened to hear this snippet of conversation,
"...so she says to me that while she understands I have a baby at home, I have been missing too much work because he's been sick. She said I should plan better because my being out affects the rest of the team members..."
Then she giggled like she thought what her boss (I assume, because remember I only heard this bit) was saying was wrong or completely unbelievable.
I ask the mothers, and the non-mothers on E:
Do you work with someone who constantly misses work for kid related things?
How much does it bother you and how much does it affect your (or your whole team's) workload?
Do you think there needs to be a limit on how much is missed, regardless of whether or not they have the time off available in the bank, so to speak?
I understand that you can't really plan for a child getting sick, but the snippet got me wondering how much this really affects people and bothers them if a coworker is constantly out because little johnny or little suzie have the sniffles again.
This is a total P&R because I'm starving and must eat lunch.