{"id":2554,"date":"2025-11-10T11:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:13:41","slug":"willy-workhorse-willy-sick-call-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/2025\/11\/10\/willy-workhorse-willy-sick-call-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Willy Workhorse Weekly : Sick Call Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"964\" src=\"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/willy-1024x964.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2317\" style=\"width:230px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/willy-1024x964.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/tcap.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/willy-300x283.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/tcap.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/willy-768x723.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tcap.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/willy.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Willy\u2019s called in sick. We wouldn&#8217;t usually disclose the details, but Willy consented. The phone didn\u2019t ring long &#8211; just an automated voice asking for his name, reason for absence, and WWID. No greeting, no warmth, just data collection by drone. That\u2019s the Cummins way: efficient, impersonal, clinically indifferent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s been off his stride since the <a href=\"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/2025\/11\/04\/willy-workhorse-weekly-eeec-dennis-in-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dennis incident<\/a>. The kind of thing that hangs around. HR says they\u2019ll book him in with Occupational Health &#8211; a phrase that sounds caring until you realise it means a form to fill, a journey to site, and a professional stranger with a clipboard measuring your misery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Willy\u2019s already got a GP appointment. He doesn\u2019t feel fit to travel across county lines to tick boxes in a fluorescent room. When he tells them this, they seem cold. They note it down &#8211; flatly, politely &#8211; and move on. The same people who push mental-health flyers promising <em>\u201cIt\u2019s OK not to be OK\u201d<\/em> now sound oddly unmoved when someone actually isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s never had a Record of Conversation, the supposed first step in Cummins\u2019 absence-management playbook. This should be a call from a manager but Willy hasn&#8217;t heard from his. He suspects his manager is mad that he&#8217;s absent. But he\u2019s heard the stories &#8211; times when HR skipped this phase and moved straight to SAL1, fast-tracking the paperwork like empathy was an optional extra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week he emailed HR Advisor Jenny Pink about it. He disclosed a lot of personal feelings but nothing much back except generic platitudes and an appointment reminder. Oh and this morning, an envelope arrived &#8211; one A5 leaflet for the Employee Assistance Programme courtesy of Cummins. 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