I guess as being a part of management you can easily spot those that abuse it. I had one employee that used Vacation days on Fridays and Sick Days on Monday's.....it was a trend.
I've heard ALL kinds of excuses. At one of my former employers we required a Dr's note for those that abused it. Trusted and GOOD employees were never an issue.
I've worked at quite a few places and I have NEVER seen an employer financially reward an employee for working through "sick days"
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01-24-2013, 10:35 AM #32
Half the people in my office have young children. If no one came in when they had the sniffles nothing would get done and we don't work in an environment where someone else can pick up yer slack. No one here is allowed to be hit by a bus or we will bring them back to life and kill them ourselves.
2 + 2 = 5 (for extremely large values of 2)
Try SCE to AUX
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01-24-2013, 10:53 AM #33
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01-24-2013, 10:55 AM #34
The only time I call in sick, an internal organ is being removed.
In the past 8 years I missed 2 days sick as a dog with the flu.
I have worked for my company for 23 years, and the other sick days involved gall bladder removal.
I was ready to go back after a week, they made me wait 3 weeks.
That was during the Bush/Gore hanging chad recount.
Good times right there.
I have also discovered through a lot of trial and error (mostly error) that if I don't drink alcohol, I NEVER get hung over.
Especially when I know I have to work.
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01-24-2013, 10:56 AM #35
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01-24-2013, 11:07 AM #36
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01-24-2013, 11:09 AM #37
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We just had a run of a bad cold go through the office this year. One lady had the flu and an upper respiratory thing right behind it, she was out 6 days. I had it too, but was functional with no fever. So I toughed it out. Everyone is pretty much over it now. I did miss 2 days already with a spinal injection last week.
Come March, some people will be totally out of PTO time. Some have legit reasons, kids with chronic illnesses, elderly parents to take care of.
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01-24-2013, 11:09 AM #38
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I can do my job from home whenever I need to. If I'm sick, I'll send an email to the office saying i'm working from home. I can't remember the last time I was too sick to type on a laptop in bed.
I did end up taking about a month of medical leave last year for a couple surgeries. We have unlimited paid time off, so that was no big deal. Some of my friends here took 2 months vacation time last year. Management supports that if you're a good employee. I'm hoping to take an actual vacation this year that doesn't involve lying in bed recovering from surgery.
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01-24-2013, 11:13 AM #39
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01-24-2013, 11:15 AM #40
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01-24-2013, 11:23 AM #43
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I actually took the last two days off for sickness (first time in 3 years). Technically, I used vacation time because my managers were getting on my a** (I had carry over from last year).
My employer does not have sick days, only personal time, and they force you to take all of your time off. Win win...
I agree with plantetglow and jello... if you're legit sick, leaking like a sieve and stand the chance of getting others sick... stay out of work and stay out of the gym.
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01-24-2013, 11:39 AM #48
Agreed.
Unfortunately you either have it or you don't. Clearly you don't.
So keep going with that sarcasm thing you do so well; it's really working for you!
I've actually had a rather productive day; got some reports done. Cleaned up my desk. Attended a meeting I wasn't invited to just to give my support and ended up getting handed a new project that I'm about to start working on.....Insta: flexjs
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01-24-2013, 11:55 AM #49
If I know something is going on I won't blue falcon my co-workers but on the flip side it doesn't break my heart to call in sick either as long as everything is covered.
There was a gal from my office that called in sick to go call bingo at an Eagle's Club in another town. For whatever reason my boss went there to drink beer."Before my father died, he said the worst thing about growing old was that other men stopped seeing you as dangerous. I've always remembered that, how being dangerous was sacred, a badge of honor." - Act Of Valor
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01-24-2013, 11:55 AM #50
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I think it can all depend on what field you are in too. Growing up in Wisconsin I did a lot of construction weather permitting. Most construction workers are laid off sometime from Dec - Feb because of snow and ice the ground is frozen etc. You can usually work through Nov and start back up around March. During those months instead of just collecting unemployment and sitting around I would take a job as a cook/bartender at my buddies sports bar. When you play with peoples food you should not come in if you have a cough or runny nose etc. I am a big believer in absolute sanitation in that situation. If you just sit at your own desk you can probably just let your boss know how you feel and do your best to avoid your co-workers and do your thing. Heck though with networking being what it is today, a lot of folks can probably get away with just remote log in for a few days still get their work done through file servers, and avoid getting their co-workers sick too.
Get your ass in the gym period!
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01-24-2013, 01:14 PM #55
Being self employed, there really is no sense in calling in sick, but then again, there is no ability either. In a 7 day a week retail operation and as sole charge owner/operators for 5 of those days, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Prior to this though, my sick leave at my previous jobs almost always went unused, except with both kids had the chicken pox, then me and the mrs shared the stay home duties to look after them
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01-24-2013, 01:28 PM #56
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01-24-2013, 01:50 PM #60
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I'm self-employed and one would think that I could take as many days off as I'd like to. However, I work on appointments so if I want to call in sick I have to call in sick to all of my clients for that day. Plus I take a big hit in income if I can't reschedule the session before the end of the month. Each appointment pays me about $75 and I average about 5 per day so one day of calling in sick can mean a $375 loss in income for the month.
Needless to say I've forced myself to come to work many times despite feeling horrible. One time I even wore a painters mask so nobody would bitch and moan. lolSept of Baelor was an inside job. Wildfire can't melt stone masonry.
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