FTC

he did not trust her. that is why his talking that way "drama"

pp802:
As painful as it may seem, the boss is right anyways!

How will she get money to pay for the hospital bills if she doesn't go to work. The son is being taking care of in the hospital. What difference will she make if she stays in the hospital with him? Is she the doc or the nurse?

I know some emotional people will support her, but hey.........how do you pay bills if you don't work?

Boss is wrong, he will be fired if he was a boss in the UK .People take time off work for stress, could amount to two months, one of my colleague is off for 4 months due to anxiety as to her operation which by the way 3 months down the line still no date.

DIKEnaWAR:
I see people using their brains here and asking the necessary questions.

My own question here is; how does Buhari continue to hold the office of the President whenever he goes on life support in the UK, and yet we allow him?

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From what I see there, they've been on the issue for a while and the company has been accommodating thus far, but then you don't expect your boss to not run his business, cos your kid is on life support. Then there's the fact that you can't do much for him in that situation, so why not go to work hoping for the best? Its even better you show up(even if you aren't at your best) than sound like anyone owes you a job because you have a child in the hospital.

From the conversation she been several permissions the to care if her child, but she is still demanding more time.

Being on lie support doesn't mean you most be with the patient 24/7, when you have doctors and Nurses at hand.

She should have reported to work and take time-off (1-2 hours) to see her child.

rottennaija:


The man can have the luxury of going to work while his son or daughter is sick. Because the wife will be there. But not so with the woman... It is completely different.

Why do you assume the man (in your post) will have a wife but the woman doesn't have a husband?

The boss was partly right, but he should remember that he was talking with a woman who has maternal love for her child. If it were a man, it would have been a different story altogether.

I'm enjoying this debate. Initially I was angry with d boss but look at it factually, the woman may be wrong.

The woman has phD in Emotional blackmail..

We like to see things from our own point only. Check the lines properly. The boss is not callous . He has consented to schedule changes and change in shift for her severally.Just because we are Africans so we tend to see things differently. There is a job to be done and it has to be done .The woman"s child is.on life support and she needs to be there . She can be at two places at the same time and can't eat her cake and still have it. The man was clear. Her method of giving the info was rude. Her persuasive skill is zero also ,not also gentle in manners. Above all the boss didn't deliver compassionately as probably a father . My opinion only

This is a case of a woman seeking uneccesary pity. Is she the life support? Should there be an emergency, what expertise has she in the medical field that will help the child...

I am completely with you on this.....she sounded so arrogant in her conversation, because that was not sounding like a request to me. She was merely notifying the boss utterly sounding entitled.

dominique:
The mom actually sounded condescending and entitled. A simple apology for her continued absence from work could have melted the boss's heart. Businesses are not run on emotions, sorry to say. Her son is on life support, there's nothing she can do for him other than sitting there and watching him sleep. Why not while away time by getting some work done, it will even help clear her head a bit. This might sound cold but I'm with the boss on this one.

xana101:
I'm enjoying this debate. Initially I was angry with d boss but look at it factually, the woman may be wrong.

Your usage of "factual" and " maybe" in one sentence is amazing though

jomoh:
Wow



Your son is in the best place he can be......on life support.

Its not all about the son being properly(medically) cared for, but how could she carry out her routine job in the office while the child she carried in her womb for 9months is lying unconsciously/almost lifeless in the hospital. She'll definitely make errors. Very unwise boss.

The woman is behaving like a Nigerian civil servant

rottennaija:


Bros, even if I be boss, I would consider her. This her son not her brother or sister. Guy, life is more important than all those. Life is more important

Sitting there and doing nothing is just as important as not being there at all.

I think working and earning some money actually helps the child better here

That is in UK. And I am sure even there, such request are not rudely asked for.

erico2k2:

Boss is wrong, he will be fired if he was a boss in the UK .People take time off work for stress, could amount to two months, one of my colleague is off for 4 months due to anxiety as to her operation which by the way 3 months down the line still no date.

HeWrites:
A chat between a mother whose son is on life support and her boss has led to a debate on social media.

The mother sent a message to her boss explaining she couldn't come to work because her child is on life support. But the boss said that was no excuse to miss work and warned her she will be sacked if she doesn't show up to work the following day.

The chat was met with mixed reactions by social media users. Some said the boss was just being professional and it's wrong for the mother to let another person's business suffer because of her personal issue. While others said the boss was wrong to have reacted the way she did.

Read the chat below;A chat between a mother whose son is on life support and her boss has led to a debate on social media.

The mother sent a message to her boss explaining she couldn't come to work because her child is on life support. But the boss said that was no excuse to miss work and warned her she will be sacked if she doesn't show up to work the following day.

The chat was met with mixed reactions by social media users. Some said the boss was just being professional and it's wrong for the mother to let another person's business suffer because of her personal issue. While others said the boss was wrong to have reacted the way she did.

Read the chat below;

https://www.torimill.com/2018/07/read-the-shocking-chat-between-a-mom-whose-child-is-on-life-support-and-her-boss.html

And you wonder why the Chinese mistreat Nigerian workers... Because of the tons of silly comments made below.

pp802:
As painful as it may seem, the boss is right anyways!

How will she get money to pay for the hospital bills if she doesn't go to work. The son is being taking care of in the hospital. What difference will she make if she stays in the hospital with him? Is she the doc or the nurse?

I know some emotional people will support her, but hey.........how do you pay bills if you don't work?

How I wish I know or I know someone that knows you. People just need to be careful for someone like you. No single iota of humanity in you at all. So if the yeye boss was also part of the inferno, (which could have also been me) in Lagos few days ago, would he have being ranting in the grave too? One thing I've learnt over the years is simple, humanity before anything, not even money. When I had my twins few years ago with little issues, I never wanted to be off work at all but my reasonable boss told me to go off and put myself together. She wished me well without any string attached. If it were to be people like you, a day off is enough for you to show me the exit door. Who works perfectly when his or her child is in the line?

I dunno how she's supposed to function effectively knowing her sons' life is hanging in the balance.. You can as well tell a nursing mother to resume work immediately after childbirth afterall she can always get people to care for the child while she's at work.. perhaps there's no need for maternity leave

I don't even know what to say...A doctor on call must go even if his/her son is in a critical condition in another hospital so i don't se why her case should be different.

adodofemi:
How I wish I know or I know someone that knows you. People just need to be careful for someone like you. No single iota of humanity in you at all. So if the yeye boss was also part of the inferno, (which could have also been me) in Lagos few days ago, would he have being ranting in the grave too? One thing I've learnt over the years is simple, humanity before anything, not even money. When I had my twins few years ago with little issues, I never wanted to be off work at all but my reasonable boss told me to go off and put myself together. She wished me well without any string attached. If it were to be people like you, a day off is enough for you to show me the exit door. Who works perfectly when his or her child is in the line?

Sentiments is all i see here..If there is an option of shift or extra staff then the boss might consider her plight but what if she is the only staff? what will staying away from work do to help her son? This is why we don't make progress in Africa,too much emotions, spirituality and sentiments.

dominique:
The mom actually sounded condescending and entitled. A simple apology for her continued absence from work could have melted the boss's heart. Businesses are not run on emotions, sorry to say. Her son is on life support, there's nothing she can do for him other than sitting there and watching him sleep. Why not while away time by getting some work done, it will even help clear her head a bit. This might sound cold but I'm with the boss on this one.

I don't know why but I can already picture the woman as an African American.

webincomeplus:


I think what the boss meant was that the son is already receiving the best of care and attention, hence no need for the mother to be with him for a long stretch of time.

But all the same, it's an insensitive statement.

Insensitive?
When the boss said report tomorrow?
it is not report immediately.
I think the boss is fair.

God forgive me but sending such a message by FB messenger. That isn't right in my opinion. Why not call and discus things? Social media is destroying people's sense of reasoning sha. Its well. Let the child recover soon. She can get a family member or friend to cover maybe half a shift worth of time at the hospital while she does her job. I believe her employer would understand. To just send a message and say you shall return whenever and continue your job without wahala. The person you are working for also has a business to run. People should learn how not to use their problem to rundown others. It is sad what she is going through but she has to show some level of understanding too. They can not just act like her position will be handled by a ghost.

rottennaija:


And what will she be able to do in her office with such an emotional state? Besides, there are a big if in your statement. Nothing in the chat reveals the situation is in the US.

Besides, what is the current state of health of the child? There are so many big if in your statement which does not account for the situation in ground

bro. Sorry to say but you are dull, d phone carrier is “Verizon “ so definitely its US and to be honest I’m in support of the boss, I feel her pains but she said she won’t come to work till her son is fully ok, who knows how long that will take? It’s very clear that the she hasn’t been coming to work for sometime and her boss have been accommodating, besides she’s been paid

How can she concentrate on her job when her child is on Life Support, it's a matter of what is more important here, life or job? If the boss cant discern this and show more compassion, it then shows how insensitive he is, what if the boss happens to find himself in such situation, will he not give priority to health over job You can lose your job and still find another but if you lose your child, that's the end.

adodofemi:
How I wish I know or I know someone that knows you. People just need to be careful for someone like you. No single iota of humanity in you at all. So if the yeye boss was also part of the inferno, (which could have also been me) in Lagos few days ago, would he have being ranting in the grave too? One thing I've learnt over the years is simple, humanity before anything, not even money. When I had my twins few years ago with little issues, I never wanted to be off work at all but my reasonable boss told me to go off and put myself together. She wished me well without any string attached. If it were to be people like you, a day off is enough for you to show me the exit door. Who works perfectly when his or her child is in the line?

Well, if you look at the chat properly, you'll notice that the woman said "still on life support". It goes to show that the boss had probably already given her time off when she initially reported the incident, which the mother agreed to. Now she seeks to extend that time indefinitely, without caring much about how it'll affect the business.

Also, she's giving out a tone of entitlement as if she's the one who owns the business.
The boss is not to be blamed in my opinion. The fact that the woman carried this issue to social media in order to ridicule her boss also says more about her character.

pp802:


We always look for excuses to justify our actions. She should have brothers or sisters or even friends or church members that could help stay with her son till she closes and meet up with them.

If you set your heart to get something done, you will do it. It's the will. Life's hard......you just have to be strong and fight your way through!

I feel her pain though.......but work has to go on!

You are assuming she has all that persons that could help her stay with her son,have you taken a second thought on just if she doesn't have anyone chanced to do that for.....just if she doesn't have.....pls let's be rational in our reasoning...