Today I woke up and quite frankly, just didnt feel like going in to work today. So I called in sick. I needed a mental rest day also
Anyone do this from time to time?
Anyone do this from time to time?
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Do you ever call into work sick,,,when you're not sick?
- Thread starter Youngfossil
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I think this isn't a conversation worth having in public considering how employers love to track you around online.
Taking a mental health day off is completely reasonable, just don't overdo it. It can be quite therapeutic.
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Though I cannot remember ever having taken a day off work without feeling properly sick
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Though I cannot remember ever having taken a day off work without feeling properly sick
This is me, though I feel like karma may bite me on the ass someday and i'll get like mono or some shit.
No. I'd rather save them for when I'm actually sick. If something serious happens I'll feel pretty dumb using them as personal days.
I consider a mental health day as "sick". I have only taken one once or twice before. Other than that I don't do this.
Mental health days, for sure. I guess you could call days where I'm overcome with anxiety as a sick day, though. I don't call out when I'm not "sick" in some capacity though. We have a very lenient leave policy at work so getting off days isn't really an issue for me, thankfully.
nope, i get 42 days worth of holiday a year here in germany. 30 from work/law. 12 are public holidays.
that's completely separate from sick days (there's no limit on that).
don't feel i need to use "sick days", we have our law mandated holiday for this to use as we please. when I feel a bit burned out... I take holiday, if that means 2 days (so like, take thursday/friday off, or friday/monday off for a nice long weekend), 1 week holiday, 2 week holiday... whatever i feel. i take it.
that's completely separate from sick days (there's no limit on that).
don't feel i need to use "sick days", we have our law mandated holiday for this to use as we please. when I feel a bit burned out... I take holiday, if that means 2 days (so like, take thursday/friday off, or friday/monday off for a nice long weekend), 1 week holiday, 2 week holiday... whatever i feel. i take it.
Before I was on the leadership team of my company? Absolutely. Now? Never. I know other people do it though, and I couldn't give a shit, you have PTO to use, use it for whatever you want.
No. If I want a day off, I give my manager notice and request PTO. Mental health days are cool and all, but I don't want my absence to make anyone else's day harder.
Only once. I worked at two bars. I worked day shift at one bar and night shift at another. Did this Mon-Sat for 6 weeks. I couldn't take it anymore. Came home at 4am and decided "There's no fucking way I'm working for the next 24 hours."
All the time, they are my days, work can fuck off.
Often times it's just cause I feel I need the day. It's a mental health day for me. Other times I'm hungover as fuck.
Luckily I'm in a union and I can take two consecutive days without any doctors note. Unless they see a pattern develop, like every like first Friday of every month or something
Often times it's just cause I feel I need the day. It's a mental health day for me. Other times I'm hungover as fuck.
Luckily I'm in a union and I can take two consecutive days without any doctors note. Unless they see a pattern develop, like every like first Friday of every month or something
I don't have limited sick days at my workplace. That being said, I don't do this very frequently. I've maybe done it once.
I typically use sick days when I'm actually sick and need rest to get back to 100%.
I typically use sick days when I'm actually sick and need rest to get back to 100%.
Nah. Maybe its because I work from home..
Plus businesses like to combine Sick leave with Vacation time..to create PTO.
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Also sidenote. I work in IT so I'm still taking phone calls(minimum) and shit. and if an emergency happen id go in or do it remotely
Normally not, but if it's one of those days and I know that there is absolutely nothing to do at work... maybe.
But even then I check Slack regularly just in case something is going on.
But even then I check Slack regularly just in case something is going on.
That's my secret, Captain. I'm always sick.
(I have a fixed amount of PTO that sick leave counts against, and no one else depends on the strict timeliness of my work.)
(I have a fixed amount of PTO that sick leave counts against, and no one else depends on the strict timeliness of my work.)
