going into work even though you're sick- c/d

I have god knows how much sick time -- something like nine weeks worth or the like -- but I usually come in anyway when I have a bit of a cold or the like. Why, I'm not sure.

the logic of having really sick people report escapes me.

i don't know why, but i always have this weird paranoia where i think that even though i am legitimately sick, they aren't gonna believe me.

Sick days were reserved for mental health days. Maintaining sanity is a form of preventative medicine, yes.

when i try doing a sickie when i'm not really sick, i'm always afraid i don't "sound sick enough", and get all nervous.

if anyone has tips on how to sound convincing without going overboard and sounding fake please share them!

This was usually because when I get up in the morning I am like a robot and it's only after I get into work that I realise I am not well.

However I do tend to feel guilty about this, like I am never quite sick enough to qualify...

I feel guilty for coming into work sick today, not because I'm incapable of working -- I'm full of sudafed and coffee -- but I don't really want anyone else to catch my sick.

The Straight Dope says I'm contagious for up to 5 days from onset of symptoms. This is day 4.

this is good to do every once in awhile, it gives credibility to when you do call in sick

I went into to work with strep throat once because I didn't know what it was or how contagious it was. My boss told me to get out and not in a v friendly manner.

Trying to be nice to co-workers by warning them away from me and hiding in my cube today.

this is good to do every once in awhile, it gives credibility to when you do call in sick

Hyperreal talk

Also you don't wanna waste sick leave being sick

^^^ OTM, but I hadda take yesterday off, 'cause I was unable to stand up for more than 5 minutes.

getting infected off genuinely sick chumps who've come into work to try and be a hero is a drag

this is bullshit and annoying when people do it, on the other hand, what are you really going to do? i just started a new job and someone was so sick there I thought they should have been quarantined; she got me (and everyone else) sick, but the timelines on our projects for our clients weren't changeable, we just had to keep coming in and working.

Before I worked in one huge loft with everyone sitting in one open space, I didn't particularly care if people came in sick. In the current office, though, stuff starts at one end of the room and works its way across. Gross- you can almost see it infecting people in waves as it jumps from desk group to desk group. This is one big strike against trendy loft offices, there's no containing any kind of germs. (Ha, or gossip or fighting or anything else, really.)

if they gave me sick leave, i'd stay home

and if they gave me insurance, i'd go to the doctor

My current job allows us to work from home 2 days a week so if were sick we just work from home - get our work done and not infect anyone. I cant see why any company with employees that use a computer all day cant do this.

The job I had in Australia gave us 365 sick days every 2 years so even a vague sniffle was cause to stay at home.

what? so you only had to work half the year?

sickly mongrels

well the idea was that it was in case we got really sick we had a paid year to recover (instead of having a long-term sickness plan i guess) and that the employees integrity would keep them from abusing the system

A bunch of my colleagues left the current company for another one when a previous company was bought out; they tried me to come over too, and one of the company "perks" they dangled is their PTO/sick leave policy: You can have as much as you want, whenever you want it. No accounting whatsoever is done.

Just don't fall behind on yr work, tho.

Honestly, I prefer to be judged on results rather than attendance.

if you work in retail/hospitality you're kind of fucked:
1. you have to go in because there's no one to cover you and you'll get guilt tripped
2. you don't get paid if you're off sick
3. your customers give you filthy looks when you have to cough/blow yr nose

The job I had in Australia gave us 365 sick days every 2 years

Wow Ive never had such a scheme even in govt jobs :/ The usual deal seems to be between 10 and 20 sick days a year, I think 10-15 might be the average. I always end up running through the lot and then some, but I dont take a lot of annual leave.

ugh

Do not spread your gems through the office, ill person.

Dud. I'm past the contagious stage, so no worries there, but I just cannot shake the sinus headache and congestion part so the past two work days have been hell. Thankfully for my coworkers, its all internal congestion and I'm not coughing or sneezing all over the place - just talking funny.

just need to stay for this 4pm meeting then i'll be out of everyone's air space (been quarantined thus far)

Dear woman in the office who comes in with the same deathly cough every winter,

My compromised immune system wants you to STAY THE FUCK HOME ONCE IN AWHILE.

Love,

^^ I don't want to be unable to visit my guy in hospital because I catch your stupid cold.