A week after my exam, I got accused by my CSM once of deliberately sabotaging my uni performance to get out of work. She stopped from finishing the sentance, but I knew what she was going to say. I stood my ground saying that while it was outside the usual two week notice (I gave them just under 24 hours), I had the decency to tell them rather than simply not show up. According to a supervisor, straight after I endured the lecture, my CSM was ringing up a no show asking why they didn't come in. So, I guess I rest my case.
What I fail to understand is how come a company like McDonald's (My former employer) said that you had to give out 3 hours notice if you are going to be absent otherwise you must come (and face disciplinary action) yet a company like Woolworths demands I must give two weeks notice regardless. Is it just that my managers are useless at dealing with crises and rather than actually have plans in place, they would rather let it pan out and suffer the consequences (and use their expereience to bore those who didn't help out)? I fail to understand why managers at Woolworths can't find a replacement or find a solution to a problem 3 hours (or in my case, 18 hours) yet managers at McDonald's (Something someone off the street can become in 3 months) who deals with it everyday can pull a miracle. Is it just that? Woolworths wouldn't know what to do if a real crisis hit them?
(Sorry, I studied Public Relations this year. I'm being a tad too analysing in that last sentence)
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