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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/mightbedylan on 2025-02-17 02:43:31+00:00.
My work has one of the most ridiculous attendance policies I've ever seen. They are very stingy with exceptions. One particular rule that I've always found especially annoying is that you get double points if you call out before or after your weekend. This has never made ANY sense to me because I can't control when I need to miss work? Plus because I work weekends my days off are in the middle of the week so our slowest days are actually my Friday. Already im incentived to take days off during our busy days. Make it make sense.
Anyway there's been some bad weather lately and I live a bit away from work, plus I'm usually off after midnight. So if it's icy at all I'm very hesitant to call in. The thing is I've been kind of low on my points (was sick a couple times last year including COVID* plus had a few instances I was late due to car trouble. They only give points back after 30 days of perfect attendance so any car issues reset my point counter.)
The weather has been iffy the past couple weeks and there's really bad snow expected this Tuesday, technically my Friday. If I decide it's not safe to come in, I would be double pointed.
However, there's a fun loophole: If you take multiple days off you don't get any further points for additional days off. You just get points for the first day you miss. So, know that they means? It means if I call out tomorrow on Monday, and then extend my time off to Tuesday, I only get 1 point.
I literally get less points for missing two days rather then 1. Somehow, this seems reasonable to the higher ups. I was complaining to it to my supervisor who said "I understand it is frustrating but at some point you have to take personal responsibility for you points"
Oh well, I don't make the rules. Guess I'm getting a 4 day weekend. Gotta save those points. 🤙
*Side note: just to really hammer home the point of how dumb this policy is, I literally got pointed for having COVID AFTER BEING TOLD BY HR I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO COME IN.
AND IT WAS TUESDAY SO IT WAS FUCKING DOUBLE POINTS.
WHEN I WAS LITERALLY NOT ALLOWED TO BE AT WORK.
Stupid. Immeasurably stupid.