Sick days

geeza · 20 Oct 2007 at 16:56

3 days in 3 weeks. all hangover related, so not really sick

Soulja · 20 Oct 2007 at 18:51

McDaniel said:
i hate taking sickies, i feel guilty even if sick - in the last 5 years ive had about 9 days off

Same

Lonewolf · 20 Oct 2007 at 19:01

In just under 10 years I have yet to have a day off through sickness.

ardy89 · 20 Oct 2007 at 19:05

Never taken a sick day from wither job in 2 years!!!

Although my main job was very fogiving and allowed me to sleep all day in the server room when I had the most terminal hangover ever (Amsterdam Pill related).

Phoebs · 20 Oct 2007 at 19:14

well i was recently told i have the 2nd worse attendance! and the person who had the worst just left so that makes me..........................oh

Skully · 20 Oct 2007 at 20:12

Only if I'm pooing all the time or physical injury to I call in sick!

Ace Modder · 20 Oct 2007 at 20:19

AcidHell2 said:
one day was the flu.

You don't get *** FLU for 1 day....maybe a cold, but a FLU virus lasts about 7-10 days and you cannot mve literally.

I'ma a supervisor, and when my staff phone in with flu and then are back at work the following day they annoy me!

It's a cold, god damn it

Meridian · 20 Oct 2007 at 20:24

Ace Modder said:
You don't get *** FLU for 1 day....maybe a cold, but a FLU virus lasts about 7-10 days and you cannot mve literally.

I'ma a supervisor, and when my staff phone in with flu and then are back at work the following day they annoy me!

It's a cold, god damn it

No, no, it's MAN-flu.

But in answer to the original question - no, I've never taken a sickie that wasn't genuine. I'm so sad that when I got signed off for six weeks with a broken ankle I was still coming in one day a week.

M

wedgie · 20 Oct 2007 at 20:28

Haven't had a day off in my current job which I've been at since early 05.

Job previous to that my attendance was terrible, to the point where I'm not sure how myself and others weren't given the boot.

Lopéz · 20 Oct 2007 at 20:32

We get incentives at work for 100% attendence (26" LCD TV; Full VIP hospitality at a Premiership Match; Panasonic LCD Projector; Fender '65 Mustang; Toshiba Laptop; Paris Weekend Break - that sort of thing)

Works well IMO!

Vixen · 20 Oct 2007 at 20:44

I think it's more important to think about your health than work. There were several people in my office who would come in even if they could barely speak, and they'd sneeze germs over everyone else. Of course that just meant that whatever they had would be spread across the whole office at once. I've seen myself be ill for two weeks, just because someone decided that they didn't want a sick day on their record. Even if a bug doesn't affect you badly, that doesn't mean someone else you work with won't be totally knocked out.

Felix Da Housecat · 20 Oct 2007 at 21:04

Lopéz said:
We get incentives at work for 100% attendence (26" LCD TV; Full VIP hospitality at a Premiership Match; Panasonic LCD Projector; Fender '65 Mustang; Toshiba Laptop; Paris Weekend Break - that sort of thing)

Works well IMO!

Very nice, my last employer used to give you a thank you and a voucher, nothing special but atleast it was somthing. The few years i was there all you got was a few words on a bit of A4 paper.

What a joke, for a multi million pound company it was shocking, they even got rid of the christmas bonus :mad:

Was nice having a day off at the company expense

Does that make me bad

firewallblocked · 20 Oct 2007 at 21:13

If I don't include an ankle operation then in 15 years 1 day off, due to falling down steps and severe ankle injury. Even worked when I had the Norwalk Virus. Didn't know what it was until after I had recovered.

Does my employer care? Like **** they do.

firewallblocked · 20 Oct 2007 at 21:16

NickXX said:
1 day in the past 2 years.

You girl.

firewallblocked · 20 Oct 2007 at 21:18

Aod said:
my dad is off work for a month. he's just had a heart attack though

Hope he recovers soon.

Best Wishes.

firewallblocked · 20 Oct 2007 at 21:21

AcidHell2 said:
one day was the flu.

You DON'T get flu for one day.

I had flu about 17 years ago and I was ill for about a week. Getting to the bathroom next to my bedroom was all I could do. Hope never to feel that bad again.

West · 20 Oct 2007 at 21:23

I have 20 odd sick days a year, i've used about 5 so far this year, 3 of which were genuine, but the other 2 were porkies because I wanted to do other stuff. Although one of them was because my parents needed a lift to go on airport and had to drop them off at the airport, so it was genuine per-say, it was too late for me to get the time off because they require a months notice to get it off, last minute break sorta thing it was.

Locky · 20 Oct 2007 at 21:26

not many here, even when i cut the end of my thumb off, i still went to work the next day

joys of being self employed.