How sick do you need to be to not go to work?

El_Dangeroso · 10-02-2013 4:34pm #1

I'm feeling under the weather today, think I'm coming down with a cold - not hungover if that's what you were thinking:)

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly. Currently debating whether to go into work tomorrow if I still feel this bad. If I feel worse it's a definite, but currently I'm borderline.

How sick do you need to be before you call in sick? Are you the 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' type or do you have a duvet day at the first sign of a runny nose?

TheBody · 10-02-2013 4:36pm

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I'm feeling under the weather today, think I'm coming down with a cold - not hungover if that's what you were thinking:)

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly. Currently debating whether to go into work tomorrow if I still feel this bad. If I feel worse it's a definite, but currently I'm borderline.

How sick do you need to be before you call in sick? Are you the 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' type or do you have a duvet day at the first sign of a runny nose?

I don't get paid unless I'm at work, so I'm one of those 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' people you refer to.

Death and Taxes · 10-02-2013 4:37pm

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

judgefudge · 10-02-2013 4:40pm

Depends on what I have to do. I've gone into work in bits before because I've had to get something important done. But if you genuinely don't feel great and you don't have anything urgent to do you're better off taking a day off. Otherwise it just drags on for longer.

mp22 · 10-02-2013 4:42pm

Work,what is this "work" of which you speak??

michael999999 · 10-02-2013 4:43pm

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I'm feeling under the weather today, think I'm coming down with a cold - not hungover if that's what you were thinking:)

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly. Currently debating whether to go into work tomorrow if I still feel this bad. If I feel worse it's a definite, but currently I'm borderline.

How sick do you need to be before you call in sick? Are you the 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' type or do you have a duvet day at the first sign of a runny nose?

If your well enough to be on boards, your well enough to work!

Hercule Poirot · 10-02-2013 4:44pm

Man rings his boss: Boss, I won't be in today, I think I'm sick.

Boss: OK, how sick are you?

Man: Well considering I just had sex with my dog, I'd say I'm very sick

Bad Santa · 10-02-2013 4:44pm

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly.

Sounds like Guillain Barré syndrome. Hope you hadn't anything planned for the next ten years or so.

TheBody · 10-02-2013 4:45pm

mp22 wrote: »

Work,what is this "work" of which you speak??

Is there a correlation between that post and the forum you mod??? :pac:

Pilotdude5 · 10-02-2013 4:45pm

I believe the medical term is "Fairly sick"

kneemos · 10-02-2013 4:46pm

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

I'm feeling under the weather today, think I'm coming down with a cold - not hungover if that's what you were thinking:)

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly. Currently debating whether to go into work tomorrow if I still feel this bad. If I feel worse it's a definite, but currently I'm borderline.

How sick do you need to be before you call in sick? Are you the 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' type or do you have a duvet day at the first sign of a runny nose?

If your asking your not sick enough.

CINCLANTFLT · 10-02-2013 4:46pm

A guy phones up his workplace on a Monday morning...

"Sorry Boss, I can't come in today, I'm sick"
"Dave this is the third Monday in a row you're had off. Just how sick are you?"
"Well, I'm in bed with my little sister at the moment if that's any help."

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 4:48pm

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Not super sick, but definitely ache-y and slowed down and mostly thrown down on the couch listlessly.

Sounds like constipation

Have a 6 pack of Bulmers Pear

juan.kerr · 10-02-2013 4:49pm

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

Man rings his boss: Boss, I won't be in today, I think I'm sick.

Boss: OK, how sick are you?

Man: Well considering I just had sex with my dog, I'd say I'm very sick

And how did your boss respond to that?

circadian · 10-02-2013 4:49pm

Usually so rough that I'm sent home. Which means that getting up to go to the pharmacy is put off by about an hour.

galwayrush · 10-02-2013 4:50pm

It's not an option for the self employed.

El_Dangeroso · 10-02-2013 4:51pm

TheBody wrote: »

I don't get paid unless I'm at work, so I'm one of those 'soldier-on-until-imminent-death' people you refer to.

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Great, so ye're the guys who comes in all snotty and infectious and makes sure the entire office or customers gets what you have.

Pottler · 10-02-2013 4:53pm

galwayrush wrote: »

It's not an option for the self employed.

Not really. I've a freshly cracked rib and a sprained wrist. Tomorow off? Nah, work as normal. I think I'd have to die for me to be considered ill enough to take the day off. Even than there's a fair chance they'd prop me up in the corner to keep an eye on things. It hurts to breath, never mind cough. I'm getting too old for the rough stuff.

HTML5! · 10-02-2013 4:54pm

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Rubbish.

The state pays disability benefit.

If a working taxpayer gets sersiously ill or run over the way to work they're not entitled to sick pay?

I know these are extreme cases, but people get ill through no fault of their own. Of course they should be entitled to it.

Just because a few people abuse it, well that's not my problem if I'm very sick and can't work.

Edit: for the record I'm a contracter and I don't get paid for sick days.

Hercule Poirot · 10-02-2013 4:54pm

juan.kerr wrote: »

And how did your boss respond to that?

Transferred to a different departement, and my advert for dog-walking was taken off the notice board..

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 4:56pm

Pottler wrote: »

Not really. I've a freshly cracked rib and a sprained wrist. Tomorow off? Nah, work as normal.

Now, now. Were you scrapping outside Supermacs last night?

Did you win?

juan.kerr · 10-02-2013 4:57pm

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Great, so ye're the guys who comes in all snotty and infectious and makes sure the entire office or customers gets what you have.

A little cold will hardly kill you. Man up.

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 4:58pm

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Spoken like an office worker.

Accidents happen on the job.
Swinging doors and trays of soup in a hotel for just one example

Senna · 10-02-2013 5:00pm

Very much related to how busy work is rather than how sick I am. There would be a few days that unless I cant physically move, i'd feel terrible about not coming in.
But if I felt like shíte and it was a quiet day, I'd have no problem telling them I'm not coming in. I don't get paid for sick days and I've probably been off about 5 days sick in the last 5 years.

dr.bollocko · 10-02-2013 5:00pm

I need some gold paint to complete my cenotaph for the self employed.

greenman09 · 10-02-2013 5:01pm

I usually need to be at deaths door before I consider ringing in. Whether or not they believe it, is up to them

PhlegmyMoses · 10-02-2013 5:01pm

I have been absent once for a week since I started in my place 3 years ago. Was in hospital. Rarely get more than the sniffles so no need to pull sickies.

Senna · 10-02-2013 5:01pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

Accidents happen on the job.
Swinging doors and trays of soup in a hotel for just one example

Sick days and a work related accident are not the same thing.

Overheal · 10-02-2013 5:02pm

Until an employer pays me sick leave to responsibly excuse myself so I don't spread a virus to others, I'm going to continue working until I can't speak or stand. In the end, it costs them more in lost productivity than it does 8 hours pay.

mikemac1 · 10-02-2013 5:05pm

Senna wrote: »

Sick days and a work related accident are not the same thing.

Still sick leave though

And the post was

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

But I'm getting realy pedantic.
I'll leave it at that

miller50841 · 10-02-2013 5:05pm

Guys Guys Guys hold on a minute This is the man flu we are talking about it is extremely serious only men get it and women dont know there you go...................:D

mawk · 10-02-2013 5:05pm

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Im Paid salary. So I get paid for work done in a year not hours spent in a week. I work about 5-10 hours extra on normal hours every week and I dont get paid for this due to being paid a flat rate.

among the benefits of that, is sick pay. I get a number of days per year that if im sick, I get paid. Ive never been out sick because the work still just piles up, but Its nice to know I have the security.
so yes, some people should be paid for not being in work

I also get a set number of holiday days per year as opposed to having to work them up.

Best username ever · 10-02-2013 5:05pm

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I have been absent once for a week since I started in my place 3 years ago. Was in hospital. Rarely get more than the sniffles so no need to pull sickies.

I think I've rang in sick once in the last 10 years, and I was in a complete jock. I have been sent home as being too sick to work two other times. I hate any kind of blemish on my working record, it always goes against you, no matter what they say.

10-02-2013 5:06pm

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Absolute bull sh*t. We aren't slaves. Everyone should be entitled to a certain amount of paid sick leave.

admiralofthefleet · 10-02-2013 5:07pm

extremely. a couple of years ago in a pub i was in i called in sick once in 7 tears because i thought i had swine flu. if i went sick there was no food available in the pub so it wasnt an option

R0ot · 10-02-2013 5:07pm

I need to be pretty much immobile otherwise I'll work. If I am sick I won't go into the office though as what's the point of making others sick.

miller50841 · 10-02-2013 5:08pm

mawk wrote: »

Im Paid salary. So I get paid for work done in a year not hours spent in a week. I work about 5-10 hours extra on normal hours every week and I dont get paid for this due to being paid a flat rate.

among the benefits of that, is sick pay. I get a number of days per year that if im sick, I get paid. Ive never been out sick because the work still just piles up, but Its nice to know I have the security.
so yes, some people should be paid for not being in work

I also get a set number of holiday days per year as opposed to having to work them up.

One thing Iv'e learnt working for many many years without taking any sick days you do not get any thanks for it.

I know it seems mad but really do take the days you can because we will all be working for free soon enough the way things are going,

mark renton · 10-02-2013 5:09pm

HTML5! wrote: »

Edit: for the record I'm a contracter and I don't get paid for sick days.

To be fair though, me little sister can write HTML, you have to go in to keep ur job.

Oh hai · 10-02-2013 5:12pm

I had ecoli last year (though didn't know until I was starting to get better!) and still went to work. To be fair it nearly killed me, I've never been so ill and it was stupid of me to go to work but it's given me the ultimate "remember when I was close to death's door and I still came to work" trump card with my boss now if I ever fancy a day off! People that take days off when they have a cold annoy me, suck it up and get on with it ya lazy wuss!

Odysseus · 10-02-2013 5:13pm

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

Ah come on, a total blanket ban on all sick leave? On what grounds?

carlmango11 · 10-02-2013 5:15pm

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Nobody should get paid for not being at work.

That's ridiculous. People shouldn't have to worry about their income just because of inevitable human sickness. It's the 21st century.

MMAGirl · 10-02-2013 5:17pm

There was a virus going through my work place for the last couple of months. When you get it you actually cant move for a week. even after another week or two you are still panting at the slightest exertion. Even walking up the stairs has your heart doing 90 and you are out of breath.

4 people have been off for a week each over the last 2 months and the boss was going mad accusing us of being wasters and making it up and that people werent really sick and he never had a sick day in his life. So much so that one guy stayed in even though he looked like he was going to die and was no good to anybody. The boss got it 2 weeks ago and was laid out longer than anyone else. Still not back to work yet. You have to laugh.

If he wasnt such an idiot and let people stay home when sick then it wouldnt spread.

GreeBo · 10-02-2013 5:18pm

Oh hai wrote: »

People that take days off when they have a cold annoy me, suck it up and get on with it ya lazy wuss!

You mean the people that try to prevent spreading it all around the office ultimately costing the company far more?
Yeah, good point.

kfallon · 10-02-2013 5:20pm

Best username ever wrote: »

I hate any kind of blemish on my working record, it always goes against you, no matter what they say.

How does it? I've had about 3 sick days in the last 4 years, nobody has ever mentioned them to me at all (had gout a couple of years ago and couldn't walk)

If you are taking the piss with sick days then yes it will go against you but if someone is ill I'd rather they stay at home rather than pass it on to half the office.

Oh hai · 10-02-2013 5:20pm

GreeBo wrote: »

You mean the people that try to prevent spreading it all around the office ultimately costing the company far more?
Yeah, good point.

People get colds all the time, take a few days off everytime you get a cold? Even if you do spread it to one or two people it's hardly the flu!

kfallon · 10-02-2013 5:21pm

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

extremely. a couple of years ago in a pub i was in i called in sick once in 7 tears because i thought i had swine flu. if i went sick there was no food available in the pub so it wasnt an option

I contracted swine flu in work.....lazy swine flu :pac:

GreeBo · 10-02-2013 5:23pm

Oh hai wrote: »

People get colds all the time, take a few days off everytime you get a cold? Even if you do spread it to one or two people it's hardly the flu!

If I spread it to more than 1 person then they will do the same, thats everyone getting it pretty sharpish, thats an issue. Especially if you work with customers directly.

blade1 · 10-02-2013 5:24pm

Oh hai wrote: »

I had ecoli last year (though didn't know until I was starting to get better!) and still went to work. To be fair it nearly killed me, I've never been so ill and it was stupid of me to go to work but it's given me the ultimate "remember when I was close to death's door and I still came to work" trump card with my boss now if I ever fancy a day off! People that take days off when they have a cold annoy me, suck it up and get on with it ya lazy wuss!

That trump card probably won't work!
In my 26 years of working I have noticed that the more you do,the more you are expected to do.
Also the wasters are not expected to do much!(feckers!!!)

mawk · 10-02-2013 5:26pm

mark renton wrote: »

To be fair though, me little sister can write HTML, you have to go in to keep ur job.

Does she get sick?

Odysseus · 10-02-2013 5:27pm

GreeBo wrote: »

You mean the people that try to prevent spreading it all around the office ultimately costing the company far more?
Yeah, good point.

Or those of us who work with people who are sick and we don't want to add to their illness by giving the patients/clients our illnesses.

Best username ever · 10-02-2013 5:33pm

kfallon wrote: »

How does it? I've had about 3 sick days in the last 4 years, nobody has ever mentioned them to me at all (had gout a couple of years ago and couldn't walk)

If you are taking the piss with sick days then yes it will go against you but if someone is ill I'd rather they stay at home rather than pass it on to half the office.

I've worked for multinational companies in the tech industry and they tend to grade absenteeism in percentages, which is directly connected to your pay rise etc..

I currently work for a large MNC and they do the same.

How sick do you need to be to not go to work?

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