Mostly HR and Policy Briefings. Some things don’t differ from the military to Corporate America.
One of the things that does differ is the continuous harping on absentee-ism. Is it really that much of a problem on the civilian side of the street? I mean seriously, does the company really have to tell us every hour on the hour about how important it is to show up for work? How sad is that?
I’ll probably have to mention to my coach (trainer) that I’m not rolling my eyes because I don’t think it’s important, but because I’m having a hard time understanding why they have to keep harping on it.
Is it really that much of a problem on the civilian side of the street?
Depends on the job and the company, I suppose. If the job is tedious and boring and offers little chance to display adaptability is going to have retention problems.
Comment by Brian Dunbar — 20070730 @ 2246
Dude,
We are constantly letting people go for absenteeism. And to top it off they know the axe is coming and still “forget” to come to work.
Funny how we have about 20 vets here and none of them have that problem.
Comment by Joe — 20070731 @ 0652
The military can court martial your a**, civilian employers can’t. All they can do is harp and, if it gets too out of control, fire you. People with chronic absenteeism generally don’t lose sleep over getting canned.
Comment by Radar — 20070731 @ 1628