Phoning in sick on Christmas Day?

Another for find another job- someone else who thought they had Christmas off will have to cover you! Find a job where you know they’re closed Christmas

Nope.

I have 3 siblings. My parents have 6 siblings between them, 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren… yet if I don’t spend Christmas with them then they spend it alone.

When I was a young nurse, the nurse who was to be in charge of the Christmas shift phoned in sick. This was on a children's oncology ward, and they hospital was unable to replace the charge nurse. Instead, we were understaffed for some very sick kids, one of whom was having a blood transfusion under my care. I mention this because the nurse before me noticed the blood running slowly, clamped the burette and pierced an air-hole somewhere else. Not a sanctioned nursing action and not noticed by me or communicated to me. Off she went for christmas, and by the time I, overworked and young, found out what she had done, the pressure had increased to the point where blood just sprayed out. So when I came through to check on my sick kid and their parents, there was blood everywhere. Up the wall, over the floor, on the bed, over the machines. The kid had had chemo, too, and this little biohazard was cleaned up by me over hours and hours. I also had to address this with the kid and their parents, who were rightfully concerned and angry about contamination and so on.

This would not have happened if the nurse in charge, who had talked about canceling their previous shift, had come in. My lesson - don't take Christmas off unless rostered.

Don't do it. Christmas day is just another day. Make memories on the day before or after.

No one will believe you if you call in sick, your employer and your colleagues will think badly of you and label you a bit of a tosser. Other people in the hotel will also be working those shifts, you won’t be the only one in work.

Plan to have your Christmas celebration with your dad a few days before or after. It’s only a random date after all, the celebration and how you celebrate with people you love is far more important.

And as for your birthday, I assume you have often had to celebrate your birthday in conjunction with other arrangements, it’s tough luck, but it is what it is. Some people choose a second birthday at a better time of year and use that as their special day.

What happened the old staff?
3 new receptionists... get out while you can. High staff turnover isn't good.

Are you the poster who hadn't worked for 12 years and was hesitating to take the job as you didn't want to work at Christmas?

It's better than being on your own all day and wouldn't need to be for the full 12h.

I would if you are okay with not having a job in January

Precisely. Then also harder to get another job after being sacked.

Think about how you would feel if you got a phone call on Christmas Day telling you to go into work because your colleague called in sick.

they’ve given you heaps of notice. The least you can do is tell them in advance you won’t be going in Christmas Day and then they can organise something g else.

it’s not about your employers rights it’s about being a decent person to the people you work with every day.

what would your dad say if you told him you were planning on pulling a sicckie at the last minute?

You're going to have to find another job if you ring in sick on Christmas Day anyway so might as well try and get one before then.

Sorry but that's the most obvious lie ever, I would be absolutely furious if you said you'd do it then dumped it on someone else with no notice.

You're not the only person with family commitments on Christmas Day! Almost everyone has them.

You've got plenty of time to get another job. You'd be really unreasonable and risking your job by phoning in sick Christmas day when you've made it clear you want it off. Just get another job and tell them it's the reason you're leaving. Don't be that person who fucks people over at the last minute.

Let's say you phone in sick, then they sack you. Then you need another job. Just do the right thing and get the new job now.

Quit your job then! It is not reasonable to make someone else cover when you've had months of notice.

Wow. Merry Christmas Dad, hope you like sitting around for 12 hours in a hotel lobby! You can watch the hotel adverts on their TVs!

I'm also curious about this.
It's rubbish, but it is what it is. Call in sick if you want, but don't complain if you do lose your job. If you're okay with losing your job then it's fine! Someone has to work, you've drawn the short straw (presumably because other staff members will have already worked christmas?)
I'm sympathetic but if they've got guests booked in then not sure what the solution is.

Why should she sacrifice what may be her dad's Christmas?

Op those are horrendous hours to work over Christmas, i don't believe there's no-one else that can do it. I reckon as you're new they trying to pull the wool over your eyes. Tell them no and look for a new job.

They will just sack you if you call in sick Christmas Day, and then you won't be able to use them as a reference.

Where do you live that you can't get another job by December?!

Just tell them you will work one of those days but both both. Give your reasons. If they say no, start looking for another role ASAP. But do not call in sick on Christmas Day unless you are genuinely sick. You have had enough notice to bring Christmas forward and celebrate another day. But the person you drop in it won't.

If you are his only family, take him to work for the day, can he sit in the lobby? And have your Xmas the day after.

Change jobs

There have been numerous AIBUs about the downsides of being an only child. Is this an example?