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How often do you call off from work?
- Thread starter Mediking
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I think I've been off ill once in the last 2 years. I was allowed to work from home for the last week and a half though because I would have had trouble getting in otherwise.
Only when I'm sick but feels good knowing I have no ridiculous quota of sick days.
If your sick you're sick.
If your sick you're sick.
It's been years, but that's due to...
A: I haven't actually been properly sick for years.
B: My work gives good payed holidays (about 7 weeks a year) so I generally don't feel I'm lacking for time off.
I can and do call in when I'm genuinely ill, but I seem to have been on a good run for the past few years.
A: I haven't actually been properly sick for years.
B: My work gives good payed holidays (about 7 weeks a year) so I generally don't feel I'm lacking for time off.
I can and do call in when I'm genuinely ill, but I seem to have been on a good run for the past few years.
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???? This is brutal and incredibly unrealistic from your job. You can't even afford to miss one day?
When I'm sick, when I need to or when I feel I need to.
At my workplace, everyone is considered to be responsible enough to know when they need to take time off. And even if it's not needed, everyone is considered to be responsible enough to know if they can take time off. That's how it works for vacation time as well.
And literally no one abuses it.
At my workplace, everyone is considered to be responsible enough to know when they need to take time off. And even if it's not needed, everyone is considered to be responsible enough to know if they can take time off. That's how it works for vacation time as well.
And literally no one abuses it.
I do it like 4 days out of the year. Every 6 months were allowed up 3 undocumented sick days. Anytime after you need a med note. So I end up taking a day when I'm not up coming in.
I'm the main driver since nobody else has a license. Me missing work basically screws the whole operation. I won't be there for much long if I miss any work.
I work for myself now, but when I was in an office, I generally used every day that didn't carry over. If they're not gonna let me stack them for vacations/emergencies, I don't really feel obligated to work myself to the bone...
granted I wouldnt just like call out and fuck people over, I'd plan around light times of the year.
Man, freelancing is so much better lol.
granted I wouldnt just like call out and fuck people over, I'd plan around light times of the year.
Man, freelancing is so much better lol.
Don't know you, but I consider you a very strong person for being able to cope with that pressure.
In the past three years I've done it twice. Both times I was dying.
As a kid I used to fake being sick to stay home from school all the time. I feel really bad about it now.
As a kid I used to fake being sick to stay home from school all the time. I feel really bad about it now.
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I get sick every year without fail for the most part but usually once a year. Other than that maybe a few partial days if I have an appointment I can't schedule at a better time. And I try to take legitimate vacations with my accumulated hours once a year!
At my last job I probably definitely "faked" some sick days but it caused me a ton of anxiety and I had to give myself breaks to not lose my shit.
At my last job I probably definitely "faked" some sick days but it caused me a ton of anxiety and I had to give myself breaks to not lose my shit.
Only when I'm seriously ill.
I've worked from home on rare occasion when I'm well enough to work but concerned about spreading something to the office.
Haven't had a no kidding unplanned day off work since a brochitis incident in early 2015.
I've worked from home on rare occasion when I'm well enough to work but concerned about spreading something to the office.
Haven't had a no kidding unplanned day off work since a brochitis incident in early 2015.
I work for USPS. I transferred not too long ago from a post office station to a processing plant. In the two years I was at that particular station, I called out approximately 52 times. The majority of those call outs were because I didn't feel like going to work out of boredom (I would do 12 to 14 hour shifts 6 days a week, but because I worked alone overnight with no supervisor for the first half of my shift, I would sleep 4 to 5 hours during each shift). Never got in trouble.
Never. We didn't get sick days in the Navy and despite it being almost 2 years since I got out I'm still in that mindset.
I only call in sick 2-3 times a year when I am either actually sick or my kids are. I do regularly schedule me days off (I take one every other month) and we go on a couple of vacations each year. I definitely make sure I use the days that I am given but I don't think I have ever called in just because I wanted to skip work that day.
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I hadn't been sick for over 2 years straight at my last job (3 people in a small office but dealing with the general public).
Now I work in a biger office around 30+~ people and I'm pretty sure each time I've been Ill is because it's from someone else who's been ill, sharing desk spaces etc. I use my own keyboard and mouse and clean the desk each start of shift now but some people coming to work ill is annoying.
Now I work in a biger office around 30+~ people and I'm pretty sure each time I've been Ill is because it's from someone else who's been ill, sharing desk spaces etc. I use my own keyboard and mouse and clean the desk each start of shift now but some people coming to work ill is annoying.
Once they moved away from having separate Sick and vacation to one bank called PTO, people don't really call out.
Also I work from home, much easier to work from home while sick compared to if you needed to make the commute and everything
Also I work from home, much easier to work from home while sick compared to if you needed to make the commute and everything
Exactly 6 times a year. My company has a policy of 6 sick days a year, and it's a use it or lose it policy. It's separate from our PTO pool.
It is the unofficial policy of the office that people are allowed to use it whenever they want, so typically near their anniversary date, employees suddenly start taking 3 day weekends just so they're used up before the roll over.
It is the unofficial policy of the office that people are allowed to use it whenever they want, so typically near their anniversary date, employees suddenly start taking 3 day weekends just so they're used up before the roll over.
For a long time I only called in when I was sick or had no other choice due to other things in my life. But the past few years I have taken a couple of days off here and there just for mental health and to relieve some work stress. You have to do that every now and then because it really helps your sanity if you feel overworked. I get 10 paid sick days a year, so use them or lose them.