Sounds like a reasonable explanation to me. It was his Bday, he had some drinks, coming in a bit late. No biggie.

Now, if he is late frequently, that changes things. If he is hung over all the damn time, that changes things, if he is worthless because of some illness half the time, that changes things. Not much else would however. Any other problems that he might have would not connect to this incident at all.

Sheesh, I could give a god damn if an employee is late for whatever reason once a month. It's a job, not their life.

haha that sucks. Just schedule the day off or at worst call in. But never tell them you have a hang over :/ just makes you look so irresponsible

 

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Forward it to your boss and HR, what a criminal

 

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As a boss in my area I know my people work hard. I find it healthy that they also find time to play hard. Once in awhile. Within the limits of legality.

I've started a few evenings with employees before, to blow off some steam. I also make sure to bail before they get going too hard... usually when they head to the 2nd venue of the night.

I also don't have a bunch of minors or 23 year old snotnoses in my department. Everyone has been around the block a few times.

 

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I think I can see from some of the responses (not to mention the OP) why I didn't fit into the corporate world.

It's not so much a corporate world issue, it's a "you never know who is keeping tabs on you" issue. I've been out drinking with bosses who've said "ou better call out sick tomorrow like I'm going to!" but they meant call out "sick" not call out "hungover".

You never know who is just out there waiting to snag you for this sort of thing - even though it is perfectly understandable, you Outposters of all people should know how things can be made to look out of context - you all fkn deliberately do that in every single thread around here ffs...

Even in an "unprofessional" job, I would never call out "hungover" - it's just asking for trouble.

 

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It applies to more than just the corporate world. Even a small business could be affected thusly: Two guys work in a warehouse together. A truck comes in that must be unloaded by hand. There is no one who can unload the truck other than these two guys. However, only one guy is actually in the warehouse when this truck comes in. The other is not at work because his irresponsible and thoughtless ass decided to get wasted the night before. So the one guy in the warehouse who IS responsible is 'rewarded' by getting the opportunity to do the work of two people. grats to him!

I would question whether or not any person ever worked a day in his life if he/she doesn't at least do a double take at the notion that someone would put something like this in writing. That alone shows pitiful judgment, whether or not his actions were excusable or understandable.

 

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When I wake up hungover I go to work anyway, and I do manual labor.

Guy sounds like a pussy.

Being really hungover gets you an extra 15 minutes to be late... tops.

I've had managers that I would have been honest with because they would understand, but I probably would have been more tongue in cheek about it and not explicitly mention 'drinks'. Some people lack finesse. Judging by the reaction, he's probably an idiot.

 

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this.

Hell, I've been out drinking until 6:30am and still punched in at 7am.

 

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