Calling In To Work And Absenteeism In The Workplace

Calling in to work and absenteeism is a major issue in workplaces.It shows how unprofessional employees are towards their career and affects the whole workplace environment which makes the employees stressed out.I have been working at Tim hortons for 6 months-currently.It has been a great experience working at tim hortons i have obtained many new skills.The morning staff whom I work with overall are friendly and the location is just perfect.But an issue which got me concerned with the workplace policies is the part time employees specifically call in sick constantly and don/t show up to work their scheduled shifts.Most of the workers are part time workers and they attend university or high school and they are working at the same time.Due to …show more content…
Thus increases many issues in the workplace.One important factor when working anywhere is keeping yourself motivated if you arent motivated then you arent gonna be happy and not do the work properly or take it seriously.When you/re not motivated at work youre not happy and the lack of motivation in the employees is why we are having problems with absenteeism and constantly calling in to work.The article Calling it quits in the article it shows that keeping employees motivated at work would make them happy and they wouldnt thing about leaving the job because they have an motivation which is great for the workplace.With motivated workers the work becomes more interesting and better service.The biggest problem we are having at my workplace is part time employees constantly calling in sick and absenteeism.This problem is an big one because because of this issue many things will worsen at the workplace which no one woud like that to happen.If the absenteeism keeps on occuring in the workplace downsizing will occur then there will be less employees and customer service will get impacted very greatly.The article Unscheduled Absences Jolt productivity, customer service it shows from research conducted that how the number of absenteeism is increasing and the productivity and customer is getting impacted greatly.This is very true because if we keep getting to many absenteeism the productivity will definitely go …show more content…
My recommendation to the management team is that the team should create consequences for employees that are reasonable and in which the employees will understand the meaning of the work and take it more seriously.Every workplace is different and unique in its own way. Every workplace has its issues the staff should work together as a team to give excellent customer service.Tim hortons is a stressful work environment but when the workers work together an distribute duties everything gets done