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First day off in over 4 years last night, no doubt work will think I stayed off for the euro final, what's the longest you've worked until a sick day?
 
Just over 2 years. During a supervision my boss pointed out the fact that I had not had a day off sick since I had been there....a week later I caught a bug and was off for a week!
 
Probably an 18-month gap in 2003/4. A normal year to me is 3-5 days sick.

My buddy who works in an Argos call centre said that 3 sick absences in any 1-year period = disciplinary. Sounds a bit strict to me. Is this normal for an employer?
 
I went through all of secondary school without a sick day (damn my parents), and work I think I probs have about a week a year on average.
 
I never took a sick day in the year I worked at my previous job. I was late once by an hour as my alarm didn't wake me up.
 
Okay I might be spreading BS. It's just what my buddy told me about Argos. "Welcome to the real world etc" in his own wording, trying to pass this off as being normal in the workplace. He also says that they take phones and any recording equipment off him at the start of duty and there is software that monitors how long he spends on each call. It even times how long he spends dealing with each email. I've worked in the public and private sector and neither were as strict as that.
 
Monserrat said:
Okay I might be spreading BS. It's just what my buddy told me about Argos. "Welcome to the real world etc" in his own wording, trying to pass this off as being normal in the workplace. He also says that they take phones and any recording equipment off him at the start of duty and there is software that monitors how long he spends on each call. It even times how long he spends dealing with each email. I've worked in the public and private sector and neither were as strict as that.
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That's pretty normal procedure in call centres now. They do it to monitor performance but it seems silly as certain calls and emails could take much longer to resolve than others.
 
longest time without sicky? 4 years 10 months, boasted about it and two days later had 4 weeks off with exhaustion

my company uses the 'Bradford Factor' this is now used by the NHS among other companys

The Bradford Factor is calculated as follows:

B = S squared x D

where:
B is the Bradford Factor score
S is the total number of spells (instances) of absence of an individual over a set period
D is the total number of days of absence of that individual over the same set period[2]

The 'set period' is typically set as a rolling 52 week period.
 
Monserrat said:
Okay I might be spreading BS. It's just what my buddy told me about Argos. "Welcome to the real world etc" in his own wording, trying to pass this off as being normal in the workplace. He also says that they take phones and any recording equipment off him at the start of duty and there is software that monitors how long he spends on each call. It even times how long he spends dealing with each email. I've worked in the public and private sector and neither were as strict as that.
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All of it sounds pretty standard for call center work. Hell on Earth, really.

Used to work in one that had a policy of each case of sickness, no matter what the length, was an "occurrance". Three "occurances" in a year and you're onto disciplinary. Do that three times (each one stays on record for 12 months) and you're out.

Similarly, more than 10 days' sickness absence in a year would also trigger a disciplinary stage.

Glad I now work somewhere that accepts that if you're sick, you're sick. Just don't take the mick and nobody really bats an eyelid.
 
This is one area where Im covered at work no problem - I hate sports and the whole office knows this. I dont announce it or anything they just notice my complete lack of interest during major events and my utter cluelessness about them.

On another note - too many people at my work try to play soldier and come to work desperately sick, snotting, coughing and sneezing. Youre not being a hero buddy, no one cares...you think work CARES? You think they put a note in your folder "He came in and tweaked the database despite a fever" Nope. Stop spreading your goodies around and stay home :D
 
soundood said:
longest time without sicky? 4 years 10 months, boasted about it and two days later had 4 weeks off with exhaustion

my company uses the 'Bradford Factor' this is now used by the NHS among other companys

The Bradford Factor is calculated as follows:

B = S squared x D

where:
B is the Bradford Factor score
S is the total number of spells (instances) of absence of an individual over a set period
D is the total number of days of absence of that individual over the same set period[2]

The 'set period' is typically set as a rolling 52 week period.
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so does my work which is a load of ****,

You get the same score for having 1 day off as a whole 7 day period its a joke.

So its better to take a week off rather than a day, but the nobody could really afford to have a whole week off !

My score is like 247.5 i think and that from Beginning of December
 
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