Do you call" out" at work on a bad snow day?

[poohbear2]

I always try to go in to work snow or no snow, but if we have the type of storm that everyone says we are going to have, I think I will be calling in. I feel a little bad because the person who is on will have to work my "four hours". But I hate to take the chance and get into a car accident for a few dollars. Am I wrong?

 

[Beth76]

I called in only once. I was pregnant and DH had already tried to get to work and had to turn around and come home. He told me I was not going anywhere. I called in and my boss said it was fine, that they were actually thinking about closing--which never happens. The did end up closing.

 

[aprilgail2]

I work outside so I darn well try to take off when it snows LOL...I either try to take a personal day or call off sick...I hate working in the snow.

 

[chesirechik]

I always try to make it in. I'm very lucky - my company has a "snow" policy, that if you do not feel safe driving in the bad weather, then you will not be docked pay, have to take a sick or vacation day, etc. It's up the employees descretion.

I just wanted to add that I think if it is really bad out that no one should feel bad about calling off. It is not worth wrecking your car and getting injured to get to work IMHO.

 

[Caylin]

If it's awful out and I think I might get into an accident if I try to go in, I call in! Otherwise, I just trudge in, like usual. Luckily, or unluckily, I can take all main roads to work!

 

[CherCrazy]

It may be out of your hands. With the drifting that is predicted, the roads may be impassable.

I once had the boss from you know where. She MADE me go in to work on a day after a tremendous ice storm hit our area. I lived about a half hour from work, but of course it was longer than an hour to get there that day. The weird thing was that I was actually thankful to her for making me go to work that day (not to her face, that's for sure ) The sight of the ice on EVERYTHING, with the making it sparkle was one of the most beautiful things I had ever experienced. I still remember it to this day.

Be careful out there, if you decide to go.

 

[J.Cooper]

I call in when we get those bad snow storms. Everyone knows I HATE driving in the snow. Sometimes DH drives me in. I always look at it as I rarely ever call in sick and this is what I save my sick/personal days for. Fortunatley, for the past few years, I haven't had to call in due to any snow storms

 

[Disney Doll]

I am a nurse, and try my best to make it there. I live fairly close to my hospital, and it's a straight shot down a main road for me, which is usually pretty well plowed. My road is always well-plowed because the ambulance station is at one ned of it. I am actually the first road in town that gets plowed, because of that.

DH may drive me in tomorrow because we have an event to go to after work, and my work is sort of on the way to the event form my house, so it's easier for him to come get e after work and keep going, than for me to drive home then double back past work again to go to the event.

 

[Missy1961]

I take the train to work, but I have to get to the train station--about a mile away. My neighborhood doesn't always get plowed right away, so getting to the train station can be hard. Since this storm is hitting on Sunday, we should be plowed tomorrow, so I should be able to get to work. But we have a "paid time off" policy now, so if I do call in, I don't have to worry about sick day or vacation day, it's all the same now.

 

[janette]

One of the times when it is great to be able to work from home. I don't go to the office but I work.

 

[dbarker]

When we have icy road conditions, I call in. My job is not worth my life. My employer understands that. I have to take a sick day or a vacation day, but that is OK w/ me. I would rather be safe than not. Also, I'm an accounant. What I do not get done one day can wait till the next. I think a lot depends on what your job is and what kind of work you do.

 

[Valentine]

Unfortunately, my office is literally 3 blocks from my house..SO, I am one of the few expected to arrive no matter what the weather.. I have no excuse! So.. everyone else in the office (other than one other person who lives even closer than me! LOL!) gets to stay home while we man the office.. Sometimes it sucks to be close! LOL!!

Kathy

 

[daisyduck123]

Teacher here...I never have to call in, the county cancels the day for me.

I know we're going to have Monday off.

 

[delilah]

Well, no, never. Actually, one Sunday I was on call, and there was a countywide snow emergency, so nobody was allowed to be on the streets unless they had permission from the sheriff. So, I called the sheriff, and it was arranged for a nice man with a 4-WD to take me to the hospital, and then bring me back home. In most health profession positions in this area, it is grounds for dismissal to call in because of weather. This is because most jobs in the health professions would be very exhausting to do 24 hrs a day, until the next shift came in to relieve you. I have even stayed overnight at my office, actually with my son, so that I wouldn't have to drive home on treacherous roads, and then return the next morning to see patients in the hospital. It was a good thing, too, because my husband was unable to dig out our driveway until about noon the next day, and couldn't come get my son at all before I had finished my office hours (on a Saturday). Unbelievably, one patient who was in an emergency room at a hospital 60 miles away was transferred to our hospital that night. I tried to argue with them that it was probably not worth the risk to the patient or the ambulance crew (we are a small, county hospital in a rural area, not a tertiary care medical center).

 

[Keli]

Since I live in KY this is rarely ever an issue for me. Even the few times we've had a serious snow or ice storm it's always worked out so that I could make it in without feeling like I was taking my life in my hands. If I felt worried about making it I would call in.

 

[Dopey Sharon]

I also work in a school, so if the roads are bad, I'm off.

So far we haven't gotten much here in South Jersey, so, hopefully, we will have school on Monday. I hate having to make up the days in June!

 

[Blondy876]

I'm lucky, as a teacher the district makes the decision for me. Most of the time their decision is a good one however we had a small ice storm earlier this year and my district remained open. My dd's as well as every other local district nearby was closed. My dh took off to stay home with her and I made the long drive in. Two days later my school district employees got a letter from the district head apologizing for opening schools that day. I don't expect us to be open tomorrow, I don't want to drive in this so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[Blondy876]

I also work in a school, so if the roads are bad, I'm off.

So far we haven't gotten much here in South Jersey, so, hopefully, we will have school on Monday. I hate having to make up the days in June!

There's not much in Turnersville? Wow, I'm 15 mintues away from you and we have about 8 inches, and if watching the cars going by is any indication, roads are really bad.

 

[debden]

When my job was 15 miles away...Yes I did call off on really bad days.I don't like driving down the Northway in snow/ice/sleet,exc.exc.But now that my job is just 1 mile away...bring it on!! I'm all big and bad now!!
Debbie

 

[Pin Wizard]

I'll be calling "in" if snow ever hits here. I have a 45-60 min. drive to work. And lets not forget going over/through a bridge-tunnel. If we know ahead of time that a storm is coming the next day, we can take things home to work on and get paid for that time.