Reply #4: What type of job is it?

[RogueSpirit]

Does she work with a lot of irresponsible co-workers or does she do shift work? There is nothing more frustrating than having to fill a slot because someone doesn't show up. It throws the whole team off and you have a choice to either call someone in (unlikely on a friday) or potentially have someone pull a double and then you have budget issues because of overtime pay.

The best defense against the Ferris Beuller employees is to simply require a blanket policy stating that if you are sick, then bring a doctors note. Honestly, though as a manager, I wouldn't really enforce this unless I had severe repeat offenders. What I mean by that is if I had an employee that was dependable and present most of the time, I would cut them some slack, and only call out that policy for the kids that don't come in because there is a party going on.