Attendance is such a culture problem at most stores, and overall culture, conduct, and performance is so bad in general that this update is definitely lowkey designed to help leaders get rid of people, as the guidance leans towards turning over anyone who doesn’t show up and fall in line and replace them with someone who doesn’t feel entitled to make more than the new hires, and doesn’t feel entitled to their limited old school no weekends availability… because they are a new hire. Instant paper trail for attendance. TMs think “nice, we don’t have to talk to them about it”, and leaders think “nice, we don’t have to talk to them about it”. The burden will be on the team member to speak up to have their absence excused; if I don’t like you, I won’t be asking why you called off. Better have your documentation on why it should be excused ready on the spot when you’re being put on a final or it’ll definitely look like a too little too late attempt to get out of trouble 🤷🏻♂️