Yes he is ACTUALLY employed. I have been there numerous times, scanned in his checks to his account occasionally (just last week actually) when he doesn't have time to stop and deposit them at the bank. He sends texts to his boss saying he won't be in, receives texts from his boss, receives messages on Facebook from his coworker asking where he is. When he pulled this not going in for 1 1/2 weeks a few weeks ago he actually asked me if I would mind going in and picking up his check! I declined.

That is the thing! I too do not know of an employer that would tolerate these constant week long absences without calling in. He did this at his other job which he had for 7 years. He didn't do it the first 2 years or so of that job, but once the FMLA kicked in he found a way to abuse the hell out of that. That was a huge company with a union though so I figured the union must have something to do with it. But this job is just in a small shop of maybe 35 people, no union, and yet he STILL does the same thing and never seems to have an issue with his boss or anyone. I get that people say that they don't fire him because it's just one less person they have to pay when he's not there, but why would you want to keep someone on who is so unpredictable and doesn't show up for weeks at a time? The whole purpose of hiring someone is because you WANT them there to work. You can be damn sure if he was the boss that he'd be totally fed up with someone doing what he's doing now and wouldn't hesitate to fire them!