The probationer, who is in her very first month, may be someone fresh out of college and equates taking an unannounced leave for celebrating her birthday as equivalent to bunking classes!
Or maybe she has pulled off this feat earlier too when she was a summer trainee/intern in her previous assignment.
Now, it is clear that the company does not have a policy in place to celebrate the birthdays of its employees (and probationers)!
Rather than congratulating her on her birthday, the boss has other innovative ideas for Employee Engagement!
To make things appear more realistic and educate the new employee on the harsh realities of work-life, the boss takes it upon himself to make her forget her birthday until she is an employee of the company and to assert his authority to tell her "who is the boss here," wanting to punish her harshly by forcing a week of Leave without Pay on her!
I am pleasantly surprised by most of the responses that do not question the boss's decision!
Where does one get such loyal subordinates, or how does one make such docile subordinates?
I wish I had an opportunity to work in such a disciplined company. The kind of camaraderie and team spirit I have shared so far with my reportees and colleagues, they would have been the first to point out my mistake of being much too harsh on the new employee, a new team member.
Secondly, is there no provision for Casual Leave in such an organization?
Casual Leaves are those that can be taken in exigencies and do not need prior approval.
Another aspect to consider is, do such experiences not teach employees to become hardened and compulsive liars?
The probationer, if she continues for one more year, will surely learn to give the reason as someone in her family (father, mother - the closest the better) had suddenly taken ill, and she is rushing them to the hospital!
I hope members would reflect upon these contrarian and divergent views.
Those who are liable to feel offended easily may kindly take it in a lighter vein.
Warm regards.
From India, Delhi
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1497Or maybe she has pulled off this feat earlier too when she was a summer trainee/intern in her previous assignment.
Now, it is clear that the company does not have a policy in place to celebrate the birthdays of its employees (and probationers)!
Rather than congratulating her on her birthday, the boss has other innovative ideas for Employee Engagement!
To make things appear more realistic and educate the new employee on the harsh realities of work-life, the boss takes it upon himself to make her forget her birthday until she is an employee of the company and to assert his authority to tell her "who is the boss here," wanting to punish her harshly by forcing a week of Leave without Pay on her!
I am pleasantly surprised by most of the responses that do not question the boss's decision!
Where does one get such loyal subordinates, or how does one make such docile subordinates?
I wish I had an opportunity to work in such a disciplined company. The kind of camaraderie and team spirit I have shared so far with my reportees and colleagues, they would have been the first to point out my mistake of being much too harsh on the new employee, a new team member.
Secondly, is there no provision for Casual Leave in such an organization?
Casual Leaves are those that can be taken in exigencies and do not need prior approval.
Another aspect to consider is, do such experiences not teach employees to become hardened and compulsive liars?
The probationer, if she continues for one more year, will surely learn to give the reason as someone in her family (father, mother - the closest the better) had suddenly taken ill, and she is rushing them to the hospital!
I hope members would reflect upon these contrarian and divergent views.
Those who are liable to feel offended easily may kindly take it in a lighter vein.
Warm regards.
From India, Delhi
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Tough situation for an HR; as humanity, we can't spoil her birthday, but as per company rules and regulations or company leave policy, we should not violate the rules of any company. Otherwise, we must punish or penalize under some circumstances. From the HR point of view, it's better to issue an initial warning and make her aware of the company's rules regarding leave issues.
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Everyone is presuming that this is the first offence of probationer lady in this job, and suggesting to take a lenient view by giving oral warning etc.
Suppose this is her second offence. (First offence was also of some kind of minor issue, HR warned her orally, and expected that she will improve). Now she has committed 2nd crime of remaining absent without prior approval. Anybody will agree that Birthday cannot fall under category ‘last minutes planning’, since it is known well in advance.
My question : She is on probation, her salary for Leave day will be deducted, as per rules. What is the punishment to her for not obeying office discipline second time. Ofcourse, ‘Do not come for whole week’ is a very harsh punishment. What can be the punishment for such indiscipline behavior, if it is done second time, when 1st warning is already given.
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Suppose this is her second offence. (First offence was also of some kind of minor issue, HR warned her orally, and expected that she will improve). Now she has committed 2nd crime of remaining absent without prior approval. Anybody will agree that Birthday cannot fall under category ‘last minutes planning’, since it is known well in advance.
My question : She is on probation, her salary for Leave day will be deducted, as per rules. What is the punishment to her for not obeying office discipline second time. Ofcourse, ‘Do not come for whole week’ is a very harsh punishment. What can be the punishment for such indiscipline behavior, if it is done second time, when 1st warning is already given.
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Dear Abhaybandekar,
There is a whole set of progressive disciplinary approach. There is a difference between Crime (as the term used by you), offence, or misconduct. Good companies have a list of misconducts in their Conduct/Discipline policy or stated in Standing Orders. There is a laid-out procedure (and line of action) for dealing with any misconduct, whether it is committed for the first time, second time, or for the nth number of times. Since in the present query, it is implied that it is the newly-joined probationer's first offense; accordingly, the members have responded by assuming it as a first offense.
Warm regards.
From India, Delhi
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There is a whole set of progressive disciplinary approach. There is a difference between Crime (as the term used by you), offence, or misconduct. Good companies have a list of misconducts in their Conduct/Discipline policy or stated in Standing Orders. There is a laid-out procedure (and line of action) for dealing with any misconduct, whether it is committed for the first time, second time, or for the nth number of times. Since in the present query, it is implied that it is the newly-joined probationer's first offense; accordingly, the members have responded by assuming it as a first offense.
Warm regards.
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Dear Mr Rajkumar.. sincerely liked your above comments, and I feel this is the most logical answer to this discussion. Understood the necessity of making a Policy for attending misconducts.
Extremely sorry, for using the word ‘crime’ in my post, certainly it has some other meaning. Shall take care while writing, and will improve the language. Thanks.
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Extremely sorry, for using the word ‘crime’ in my post, certainly it has some other meaning. Shall take care while writing, and will improve the language. Thanks.
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Ankita, the fault is apparently yours, not hers. She applied (though out of rules); it's you who allowed her to go on leave. Punishing her makes no sense in this context. If you had not allowed and still she had gone, then it would be justified to punish her. You need to tell your boss that it was your fault and that she should not be punished. Offer to take whatever punishment he gives out to you. (Though I think my post is late and what you had to do, you have already done...)
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All answers are valuable to me. I know I'm very late in acknowledging your responses, but I really want to share one thing: this company's boss cannot build a good employee base as far as I know him and his attitude toward people's emotional needs. I left that company just after 2 months of joining :D and really don't want to show his company's name on my resume. He was actually exploiting everyone in his office.
But now I know the things and ways of dealing with such situations with the help of great people like you. Thanks to citehr.com.
Note: Do not post anything derogatory about any company or entity. (I'm not mentioning its name)
From India, Delhi
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