I was ill yesterday- Phoned sickness number, all fine. It happens, particularly as I am not allowed in work if I feel nauseous, snotty, dizzy, or any coronavirus symptoms which are, in fact, also something the average person frequently gets with a mild, winter cold.
Anyway, my job involves reporting to five higher ups- When a member of staff is off sick, there is an electronic list published everyday. Everyone can access it and we are supposed to check it every morning so we are aware.
One of the higher ups has now asked me via email to personally phone him next time I'm off sick and has complained he didn't know where I was.
AIBU to find this entitled? If I'm off sick and I've followed the company procedure, my absence is readily published for him to find and fully covered by another staff member. I find it nonsensical that he wants me to personally inform him when this is outside of proper procedure- It's not like no one has any idea where I am.
My workplace also has a very strong policy on not working outside of paid hours or contacting staff when they've finished work, are off sick or on holiday- It was one of the first things stated to me when I started. I cannot even access my work email outside working hours or from home. Staff who may need to be contacted outside of working hours are provided with work phones and outside of personal friendships, contact on personal devices is discouraged. I hate using my personal phone for work related reasons, especially when I'm sick. I like the divide between my work and personal life and I appreciate the fact that my workplace supports this. From past experience, it starts off with one phone call, before leading to constant contact and breaches of my personal time and this co-worker is 100% the type to escalate to that situation.
AIBU to email back the individual and inform him the list was available on that day and that he doesn't have permission to contact my personal number?
This co-worker is new in his role in management and quite frankly I find it infuriating- He can't tell the difference between getting someone to assist him with tasks and actually asking someone else to do his own job for him and is frequently treating me as a servant opposed to a grown woman who is supposed to assist him, not do entire aspects of his job for him.
Rant over. 