Ill and time off work

Muffin` · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:47

I'm off work today with a stomach bug, and I feel like crap, but also at the same time feel guilty for not being in work.
There was a new started today - although another woman does the IT induction I still feel I should be there In case anything goes wrong. Fortunately so far everything works, which is always the quiet before the storm

I know I shouldn't feel guilty and it's unavoidable, maybe I'm just hormonal with all the lemsip :/

Anyone else ever feel like that?

Bar · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:48

It's called having a work ethic and sadly its not contagious.

I know how you feel and as a contractor its even worse - have to be on deaths door. But if you become part of a team you don't want to let them or the company down.

Only way to comfort yourself is that your performance while ill is poor and you stand a good chance of infecting others.

danielmp007 · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:49

HaHa NO! im not at work today and its ace, i get to sit here and laze about all day!

Just take it easy if your poorly. You cant help it (unless your faking?? :O).

Hope you get better soon anyway!

amaru · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:51

It depends on how much you enjoy your job. I had jobs in the past were it didn't bother me one bit if i was sick, but in my current job i feel im part of a good team and work for a good company so when i am sick i sometimes feel like im letting the side down, but at the end of the day if your ill there is no point trying to force your self to work as i sure your team/collegues would appreciate a dose of the scwites

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gavindo · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:51

i feel like that but had to come to work, no one in to day that can do my job.
people have asked what am i doing in.
could not sleep as well last night and got 3 hours sleep

does not help

if makes u feel better lots of people are off with the same.

Muffin` · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:53

Bar said:
It's called having a work ethic and sadly its not contagious.

I know how you feel and as a contractor its even worse - have to be on deaths door. But if you become part of a team you don't want to let them or the company down.

Only way to comfort yourself is that your performance while ill is poor and you stand a good chance of infecting others.

I hear you there, contractors will fight off Death to get those hours in here, but never the same for Staff. ;p

We have a Director who has the opinion of missing limbs isn't enough, he doesn’t say that in so many words, you can just hear it in his opinions of people.

But I do see your point making others making them ill.

Bar · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:55

[DW]Muffin;10886753 said:
We have a Director who has the opinion of missing limbs isn't enough, he doesn’t say that in so many words, you can just hear it in his opinions of people.

This is what I hate about modern management.

They will gripe and moan if one person is off sick, so as a result they stay in and infect others.

Suddenly instead of losing one person for a couple of days, you have 6 people working at half efficiency at best - in effect losing 3 people per day.

markk · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:56

I never feel guilty about having a day off. I look at it as free Annual Leave

ScoobyDoo69 · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:58

I don't think it's a problem if you really are poorly. It does my fruit in at my work place when people ring in on a Monday morning feeling "ill" and the next day they're a-ok again. O wait it's called a weekend hangover :rolleyes:

I haven't called in sick once since being in the ICT dept, which is almost 3 years now ! I've been ill, but never felt the need to stay in bed and call in sick. I've found that when I'm sick, doing something makes me feel better, or it's normally the morning crappy feeling that I'll get over once I get some work done!

Muffin` · 14 Jan 2008 at 11:58

Bar said:
This is what I hate about modern management.

They will gripe and moan if one person is off sick, so as a result they stay in and infect others.

Suddenly instead of losing one person for a couple of days, you have 6 people working at half efficiency at best - in effect losing 3 people per day.

Indeed, I have the same view point when asked about it. Fortunately he isn't my immediate boss. My boss just says, get on RDC if possible, chase up some emails and brush on some things, which I'm fine to be doing, I also include OcUK in that

Muffin` · 14 Jan 2008 at 12:01

ScoobyDoo69 said:
I don't think it's a problem if you really are poorly. It does my fruit in at my work place when people ring in on a Monday morning feeling "ill" and the next day they're a-ok again. O wait it's called a weekend hangover

That's what I don't like, when it is a bug, I will go in the next day and keep my head down, even though I feel tons better I don't want it to look like a hangover. The company wants everyone to get along and your ushered out when you don't 'fit'. But as points raised its better to have the day off in my case.

stumpy187 · 14 Jan 2008 at 13:37

Only thing i hate about being off ill is that i know the work is most probably just going to be waiting for me to do when i get back as that others i work wont give a damn about getting it done. Lucky or Unlucky for me ive been off "sick" once in the 18 months ive been there.