Pulling sickies at work..

pocketrocket_2

Hi

Do any of you pull a sickie at work? do you find it easy? I cant and actually envy people who can and just have a day off and stay at home.

I know its wrong and I dont do it, quite often I go in feeling poorly or come back too soon when I have been off genuinely sick.

Some people who pull sickies say they are 'allowed' certain amount of days off each year to be sick but I always think what would they do when they really fall sick and then their quota of sick days goes over board

In my workplace I have a few colleagues who go sick at the drop of a hat, and they have the nerve to come back and say what they have been up such as xmas shopping or that they were just 'fed up' of work.

Any way guess im writing this because its cold and not looking forward to work tmow:eek: but wont be calling in sick!

lostinrates

No. I never have.

My husband was recently working with a superior who sent him home for cold symotoms. Apparnetly its a ''thing'' of this persons even without swine flu panic. DH had a cold, nothing more, and worked from home as if in the office, and it was wonderful. He got better ore quickly than he usually would, got lots of work done and yet was spoiled.

He is hoping, with the bad weather and that our home is a long way from wher he lives and works week days, to arrange working from home for part of Wednesday and Thursday...not sure, but it will not be a sickie, and if not granted he will not be pretending to be ill, he'll just comply.

katieclampet

I wouldn't "pull a sickie" because I would feel guilty, & I know that if I'm not at work my colleagues have to do my job. Not so bad for them if its planned time off, for holidays, but sometimes we have no cover if someone goes off unexpectedly. It's also stealing from your employer, if you call in sick, and you're not. Saying that, I know people who do, and as op says, they show no guilt at all!!

katiex

PolishBigSpender

Anyone caught 'throwing a sickie' for me is instantly dismissed.

elantan

see i dont pull sickies but i have to admit i cant stand people that come into work when they are not fit too ...ok you have a cold that could be nothing for you but for someone else you work with or for someone else who you work withs family that could be quite literally death ...my friend (who used to work in the same place as i) had to be so aware of people sneezing and when someone came into work with the cold she panicked its ok for the person with the cold ...but my friend lives with her father that has MS and is paralyzed from the neck down ...he catches colds much easier and has been warned one too many and he could die ...

so while all the people are thinking oh its justa sniffle i should go to work anyway ...their selfishness isnt good for the other people that work beside them

just my tuppence worth

pocketrocket_2

I know what you mean by feeling guilty at pulling sickies.

But where is there a cut off point? someone who was really sick may go on to extend the time off by a few days when they could of returned to work (my work place again)

Also companies who have no sick pay scheme seem to have the lowest staff sick days:rolleyes: not right to have no sick pay but companies that do have staff taking the biscuit!

lostinrates

elantan wrote: »

see i dont pull sickies but i have to admit i cant stand people that come into work when they are not fit too ...ok you have a cold that could be nothing for you but for someone else you work with or for someone else who you work withs family that could be quite literally death ...my friend (who used to work in the same place as i) had to be so aware of people sneezing and when someone came into work with the cold she panicked its ok for the person with the cold ...but my friend lives with her father that has MS and is paralyzed from the neck down ...he catches colds much easier and has been warned one too many and he could die ...

so while all the people are thinking oh its justa sniffle i should go to work anyway ...their selfishness isnt good for the other people that work beside them

just my tuppence worth

I think you raise a good point. I have long term ill health and have a propensity, as a result, to pick up everything going.last night I got ringworm from somewhere...noone in my house has it or athletes foot, all my animals are fine. However, its not just work; to avoid exposure I and my family would never be able to go anywhere.

If DH didn't go to work for every minor contagious cold, he'd be off very, very often, far too often for it to be economically viable. He travels on the tube and flies for work frequently: meaning he is exposed to a wider range of bugs, than say, someone working in a small office with a small catchment area of staff.

little_miss_messiah

Don't do it myseld, but have been sent home 3 times unfit for the same thing having made the effort to go in - an hours journey each way(gallbaldder isues - either pain or morphine hangover), then signed off for 4 weeks.

And then they had the nerve to put me on an action plan due to the number of incidents altho they knew full well it was all related and my only sick in 2 years

You just cant win sometimes

Morgan_Ree

I'll admit I have pulled a few sickies

The last time was about 2 years ago. It was xmas and I remember ringing my work to say I had a vomitting bug, (if im totally honest I just couldnt be arsed with work that day!) they were fine with me as this bug was going round and quite a few people had been off with it. Anyway 2 days later I went back to work and half way through my shift I started to feel really dodgy. I ended up being really sick for the rest of my shift. Problem was I couldnt say anything because no-one would believe I'd managed to pick up this bug twice in a few days. I've never felt so rough in my life!

Needless to say I learnt my lesson and I've never pulled a sickie since

geri1965_2

I can't do it either. When I am genuinely ill, I lie in bed worrying about phoning in sick in case they don't believe me, and I can only relax once it's 9 o'clock and it's over and done with.

I don't really know why as I don't have much time off sick and my boss knows that I will come in if I can.

freakyogre

Nope, never could and doubt I ever will!

I started my first job in 2003 and have had one sick day since then (kidney infection, antibiotics had me throwing up every 10 minutes and as I didn't drive, my then manager refused to take me to work, the sod! )

I understand some people are ill quite often, but to be honest, I think the majority take the p sometimes and just don't fancy going into work. Maybe I don't 'understand' as I am so rarely ill.