Calling in Sick

[Dakota rube]

When you say you're "sick in bed" do you mean you're ill?
Or, like, in bed with your first cousin, or something?

 

[Omegablogger]

An almost 100% cure for sick days is self-employment.

At work the rule is simple, of you are well enough to get to the doctors you are well enough to get to work.

 

[Violinist]

Originally Posted by Omegablogger

An almost 100% cure for sick days is self-employment.

At work the rule is simple, of you are well enough to get to the doctors you are well enough to get to work.

cosign

 

[Beckwith]

I have called in sick three times in my entire career of 7+ years. Don't believe in it, especially if you are not sick. The biggest bush league move is call in sick after a holiday party, bad!

 

[Merckx]

I've called in sick once in the five years I've been with this company. Your PTO time carries over from year to year, so you are never in danger of losing it. Also, since we had so many people calling in sick on Fridays and Mondays, we are no longer able to take PTO time for those two days if we call in sick.

 

[HomerJ]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

At my previous job at Saks my boss did comment during my review before I left that for being a spoiled rich kid I have the work ethic of a single mother of 3 and then the girl in the ofice who actually was a single mother was always flakey, late, calling in sick.

Well, she actually is a single mother. She might have some unexpected child-related stuff come up..

Originally Posted by Merckx

I've called in sick once in the five years I've been with this company. Your PTO time carries over from year to year, so you are never in danger of losing it. Also, since we had so many people calling in sick on Fridays and Mondays, we are no longer able to take PTO time for those two days if we call in sick.

Will they compensate you if you carry it over to retirement? I know a professor with about a year's worth and he won't get anything for them. Might as well use em if it works like that.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Beckwith

I have called in sick three times in my entire career of 7+ years. Don't believe in it, especially if you are not sick. The biggest bush league move is call in sick after a holiday party, bad!

Actually, I think it's worse to get drunk at the company party...I've heard some horror stories.

Jon.

 

[Merckx]

Originally Posted by HomerJ

Will they compensate you if you carry it over to retirement? I know a professor with about a year's worth and he won't get anything for them. Might as well use em if it works like that.

Yes, if I remember correctly they'll compensate you 80% of your accrued hours.

 

[Concordia]

Our firm has earned time off (ETO), which is used for either sick days or vacation days.

Also, for consultants, time sheets are somewhat flexible. If you do a bunch more than 40 hours one week, it's considered OK (or at least, nobody has come out against it) to slide a few of them over to the next week. 80 accounted-for hours in 2 weeks doesn't tend to trigger ETO.

Morale does matter, of course. I remember that my first job was so crappy, with only 2 weeks' vacation, that people were taking "mental health days" all over the place. In contrast, I read an interview with AndrÃ

Rieu-- of PBS Schlock Specials fame-- who says that it's been years since anyone's claimed a sick day. Steady work, decent pay, and nice colleagues make escape much less necessary.

 

[minus]

"Sick days" around here are quite rampant. Morale is quite often low after the completion of projects. Well, it's low much of the time, but, that's what the ever so wonderful "Personal Leave" entry on our time sheets is for. Plus, "banking" hours during aforementioned projects helps too.

Personally, I loathe taking a "sick day" if I'm not actually sick, although I wish more people would take their sick days when they walk into the office trumpeting into a soggy hanky, and coughing up the Devil's own sputum. It's enough to make a man wear Kleenex boxes on his feet and piss in a jug.

 

[FIHTies]

Can you tell me the difference between calling in sick when you arent and going into "work" and logging thousands of posts during the workday?

Serious question here.

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by FIHTies

Can you tell me the difference between calling in sick when you arent and going into "work" and logging thousands of posts during the workday?

Serious question here.
One is posting in the convenience of your office and the other is in the convenience of your home.

 

[tiecollector]

I extend my vacations by using up sick days because I have a shitload of them. Everyone calls in sick when they aren't. I used to feel bad about it but now I do it all the time. In fact, I've done it twice this week already!

 

[dl20]

I take a sick day every now and again though sometimes I find it a bit emasculating to call the fem receptionist and explain that I am "to sick to come in." I think if I didn't see others taking sick days, I would be less likely to do it myself.


My pops prides himself on literally never staying home from work due to sickness in the past 30 yrs. When he had colon cancer and was prescribed chemo (every other week I believe) he'd start the day at 5am instead of 7 so he would have time to the treatment and then return directly to work for the remainder of the day. Onco thought he was insane.

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[Quirk]

In my corporate life, I took maybe 3 sick days in 10 years, but I rarely get sick. And I'd rather not get your illness, so if you're sick, stay home. Even if you're not that sick, it's the age of the Blackberry and cell phone, so come in or don't come in, just be available. For jobs where your physical absence would actually cause a headache for your clients, boss or co-workers, you should be reasonable and adult about it, but if you're sick, you're sick. If you get 'sick' a lot, maybe you want a different job/career.