My first boss out of college tried to confuse me with that stat

I'd taken a sick day on a Monday and first thing Tuesday morning he's throwing that stat at me to see if I'll look guilty or come clean or something. I just said "Gotta love probabilities" and he laughed and walked away. Was an early lesson in what type of boss he was, though. Didn't trust anything.

In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie

Posted: 12/03/2018 at 5:33PM

Anyone ever had a hard time out of an employee abusing FMLA? -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 4:15PM

All the time; we outsourced it so someone else has to fight with employees ** -- WestyHokie 12/03/2018 9:16PM

Given the amount of paperwork I had to fill out when my twins were born? -- Naelbis 12/03/2018 8:00PM

You’d be amazed the effort ppl put in to avoid work ** -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 8:18PM

FriMons disease is really and serious :) ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/03/2018 7:22PM

Yep. -- ElbertoHokie 12/03/2018 5:42PM

Can't do that TOO long -- Nova Hokie 95 12/03/2018 5:44PM

He would show up sporadically all year long but you didn't see him working -- ElbertoHokie 12/03/2018 5:47PM

How do people live like that? -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 6:13PM

Some people genuinely want nothing more than to have -- Tafkam Hokie 12/03/2018 6:51PM

I resemble that remark! ** -- HokieGator 12/03/2018 7:36PM

I’d be embarrassed -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 7:03PM

This guy was not embarassed. Everyone knew the con he was pulling. -- ElbertoHokie 12/04/2018 07:52AM

As I said. he lived with mom and dad. I figured he had almost no -- ElbertoHokie 12/03/2018 6:14PM

That’s a real dumb way to live -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 6:23PM

Dying penniless? Why I call that cracker jack timing and one hell of a -- Late 80s Hokie 12/03/2018 8:50PM

I had a professor at VT who (somewhat jokingly) said his financial plan was -- MP4VT2004 12/03/2018 7:19PM

Worse is when they return from FMLA & announce they are quitting... -- BusLoadaBozos 12/03/2018 5:20PM

I’d like to send him for a drug test -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 5:24PM

We do drug screens for all employees returning from leave as of a fitness -- RoswellGAHokie 12/03/2018 5:34PM

Anyone ever NOT have a hard time with employee's abusing FMLA? -- Tafkam Hokie 12/03/2018 5:00PM

Never had an issue with the "F" part; the "M" tends to be the problem ** -- North Main Hokie 12/03/2018 7:05PM

I agree. Everyone that I’ve ever had work for us with FMLA was a problem -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 5:06PM

I've noticed many hourly employees hate it more than the supervisors do -- Tafkam Hokie 12/03/2018 5:11PM

That’s the exact issue -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 5:15PM

You are (probably) correct -- Nova Hokie 95 12/03/2018 5:31PM

So I could keep his pay the same and make him the janitor? -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 5:43PM

No, the law specifically forbids things like that -- Nova Hokie 95 12/03/2018 5:46PM

Ah ok -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 6:43PM

So is moving an employee to a job that can better absorb -- Tafkam Hokie 12/03/2018 5:53PM

That’s called accommodation ** -- Nova Hokie 95 12/03/2018 6:00PM

And once one employee figures out how to game the system, it becomes a -- RoswellGAHokie 12/03/2018 5:04PM

It’s a huge problem. Particularly intermittent leave. -- RoswellGAHokie 12/03/2018 4:24PM

I thought FMLA stood for Friday/Monday Leave of Abscence -- MP4VT2004 12/03/2018 8:41PM

Good call! ** -- OrangeHokieFan 12/03/2018 5:16PM

I've heard that 40% of all absences are on a Monday or Friday. Ridiculous! -- Late 80s Hokie 12/03/2018 4:38PM

My first boss out of college tried to confuse me with that stat -- Nova Hokie 95 12/03/2018 5:33PM

Kinda like 60% of a football team's roster is freshman, sophmores -- Tafkam Hokie 12/03/2018 5:23PM

My first boss out of college tried to confuse me with that stat

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