I would like to add that if we should notice anything out of ordinary about people we know, do something, even if it maybe out of abundance of caution.
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Y’all have jinxed us. We have a missing co-worker who didn’t come back after lunch. He usually - but not always - tells the guy who works for him if he’s taking leave time. He will always tell our boss. But our boss is on vacation, and his office is under renovation, so nobody really knows what to do this week with paper copy leave slips. (Our big boss insists on paper copies in addition to the digital timesheet.) I’m unofficially next in charge.
I’ve got his underling texting/calling a few people and checking a couple of spots, but then I’m going to call our HR person to see if they can see his digital time sheet. He probably would have entered the time in there - but again not always. For appointments, we usually do those after the fact since we don’t know how long they’ll take. But at least we can get the ball rolling.
I did already try calling the HR person before I sent the underling on his mission, but she’s at lunch. She does have our updated emergency contact info, plus the missing co-worker’s S also works for us. It’s probably nothing, but you never know.
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I recall one story where someone was found dead (of natural causes) at his home days later because coworkers did not initially notice him missing, because many of those in his group were on business travel to a conference or something (so those remaining assumed that anyone not present was at the conference).
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The update is that he has been located and all is well. It was a doctor’s appointment 
He called his underling a worried mom. I told him I AM a worried mom, lol. We got a good laugh.
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A follow up to a posting I made about the young person who fainted on her way to work and had to go to an emergency room.
After that incident I kept on pressing her to see a doctor to get a full evaluation. I think originally she thought I was over reacting, but since I was her boss she complied.
Today she told me that the doctor found a large mass in her kidney and her body was was not processing waste or absorbing nutrients. They want to remove it right away and determine what it is. She is very young to have any major medical issues. It was why she ignored a lot of symptoms she had. I am a believer of getting things checked out right away instead of ignoring it.
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Thank goodness you pushed & she did follow up! Kidney issues are too important to ignore.
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Wow she is lucky to have you as a boss!
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Really glad that’s true… and that she took your advise. Hope she has a successful procedure and quick recovery.
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Anyone remember this?
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I am alive today because of a worried mom boss! I will not go into the whole story, but I had a medical emergency when I was a teenager, while convalescing at home from an illness (I was an emancipated minor who didn’t live with parents), and it just happened that my boss was in the neighborhood and thought to come by to check on me. If she hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t be here today posting.
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Last update on this. After the pathologist reviewed all the tests and MRI this week, they determined it’s a fatty tissue, not a tumor. No surgery, just monitoring. It really made my week. She said her sister, on the call with her, cried when she heard.
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My niece passed out in a bathroom here on campus, and her professor noticed she hadn’t returned to class and sent someone to find her. She had hit her head on the sink and was out cold. She had our contact info written on a card in her cell phone pocket, and the professor called as the ambulance left. I have a card in my wallet, phone, and glove box now.
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That article about the deceased employee not found for days was so sad!
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