[JediSkipdogg]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Yes, but you're assuming you'll still have a job after you tell them.

Well, 5 jobs later of telling my employee I have never had any problems or been terminated from a job. They have all respected it and assisted me anytime I needed something. And all 5 of these jobs have been ones that have not had set lunch periods but they have allowed me to eat when I needed to and take more than one lunch break if required.

The other disadvantage of not telling is you can't scream ADA (which I hate people doing anyways) when they won't give you extra time for a medical problem.

Here's an example. Say you are an employee that is on time every day for 3 years. One day you wake up running 20 and know you have to wait a bit before you should drive. However, this is going toput you late to work. At least every one I have dealt with would be more than happen to give an additional 15-30 minutes arriving late if I told them it was for my diabetes. If I just called and said I needed to be late without a good reason then I could expect a write-up when I got to work.

Maybe I've just worked with great employers in my 10 years of jobs. I'm also an employer of about 5 people for video work and have allowed slippage now and then with great reason for people being straightforward to me.