Sickie days

Fiery mutant · 01-08-2019 12:54PM

Any chance of letting us know where this place is, so others will know to steer clear.

Value your time OP, take a break.

Beta Ray Bill · 01-08-2019 12:56PM

CelticSeaShip wrote: »

I'm supposed to be working from 8.30 til 6 every day but it's never 6. I have to wait for my employer to come in and relieve me and its never 6. Its more like 7 or 8 or 9. Tomorrow will be much and the same - morning time til evening so it will be like a 55 hour week if I do tomorrow.

Sorry OP but this is taking the absolute p*ss
Tell them to either be on time or pay the O/T.
Get your CV done up on your sickie day and get a new job.

Sounds like an absolute pain in the hole.
Life is supposed to be enjoyed.
Waiting on some tosser (who's you boss) to relieve you is a load of Ballix!

Man Vs ManUre · 01-08-2019 12:59PM

I have been with the same company for past 15 years now, and I have logged taken a sick day. Wow.

Man Vs ManUre · 01-08-2019 01:01PM

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

I have been with the same company for past 15 years now, and I have logged taken a sick day. Wow.

Meant to type I have never logged a sick day. Double wow!!

everlast75 · 01-08-2019 01:03PM

After hours - **** them people who don't work, lazy *******

Also After Hours - **** employers. Chuck sickies - they exploit workers anyway!

Gerianam · 01-08-2019 01:10PM

CelticSeaShip wrote: »

I'm supposed to be working from 8.30 til 6 every day but it's never 6. I have to wait for my employer to come in and relieve me and its never 6. Its more like 7 or 8 or 9. Tomorrow will be much and the same - morning time til evening so it will be like a 55 hour week if I do tomorrow.

Why do you wait for your boss to come in ? If he is not there at 6pm, out the door you go, cheery bye. He will be there on time the next day. Do not be a door mat. He is laughing at you!

Dial Hard · 01-08-2019 01:11PM

JohnnyFlash wrote:

Get up in the afternoon and rock down to the local for a few pots and a good carvery dinner.

Clearly trolling, there's no such thing.

cafard · 01-08-2019 01:12PM

Imho, it's not a sick leave you need OP, it's a union rep.

the_pen_turner · 01-08-2019 01:12PM

CelticSeaShip wrote: »

I'm supposed to be working from 8.30 til 6 every day but it's never 6. I have to wait for my employer to come in and relieve me and its never 6. Its more like 7 or 8 or 9. Tomorrow will be much and the same - morning time til evening so it will be like a 55 hour week if I do tomorrow.

tell your boss you have comitments in the evenings from now on and have to be out the door by 6.
when 6 comes close up the premisis. send them a quick text to say dont worry i have locked up. they will complain but hopefully learn from it

and start looking for another job

bee06 · 01-08-2019 01:16PM

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Meant to type I have never logged a sick day. Double wow!!

Do you never get sick or are you one of those people who coming in sick and infects the rest of us?

Baron Kurtz · 01-08-2019 01:21PM

Think someone said in here before: If you act like a donkey, they'll just load you up.

Man Vs ManUre · 01-08-2019 01:25PM

bee06 wrote: »

Do you never get sick or are you one of those people who coming in sick and infects the rest of us?

During the first few years in company I was still young and would go out during the week, so I did take a few sick days. Tho on about year 5 or so the company revealed that it didn’t pay sick leave so I ended up that year having only 12 or so annual leave as had to work back those sick days. Hence I still claim I’ve never taken sick day.
Since about year 8 or so company is proving sick days, but I just haven’t taken any. And no I wouldn’t come to office if I was sick, have just been lucky not to pick up flus and colds or something more serious. It really does my head in when others in office are coughing, sneezing and snorting.
In recent times I’ve been able to work from home a bit, not every day but maybe 1 or 2 days a week. Some people will claim this is advancement in our new modern world, but in reality most people working from home are just taking the piss, we may as well be sick for all the work that gets done. And this is the case more and more now in most Technology companies.

Westernyelp · 01-08-2019 01:29PM

Yer Da sells Avon wrote:

I like my job, so I've yet to feel any need to take a sick day. To be honest, if I'm genuinely sick, I prefer to be sick in work than sitting at home feeling like crap. If I felt a bit under the weather though: tired, overworked, fed up, etc, but not 'sick sick', and fancied some recuperation, I'd happily take a day or two. Far better than being a martyr and burning yourself out.

I'm sure your colleagues appreciate you bringing the plague upon them. Stay at home if you are really sick.
If you are not. Go to work. If it's a crappy job leave it.

gifted · 01-08-2019 01:31PM

By working hours for nothing you are effectively giving your boss money.......why do that?

kikilarue2 · 01-08-2019 01:41PM

Utter Consternation wrote: »

There's no point going off sick if you're actually sick. You're wasting everyones time then.

Also, a poster here suggested that you go off sick with a dose of 'the nerves.' I'd advise against this as employers will not accept a medical cert with the diagnosis 'suffering from the nerves' on it.

This is very outdated advice.

Most doctors these days will not write what someone was suffering from on a sick cert. They'll usually write "medical reasons" and not get any more specific than that.

TBH I think if you went to any doctor that knows you and stated your case exactly as you have here, they'd easily give you a few days off for stress.

rgmmg · 01-08-2019 02:07PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

5.b If you’re over 40 then complain of late night trips to the bathroom but only urinating small amounts, say you’re “worried” about your prostate. They should write the note there and then but, if not, be sure to back into their finger during the “exam”. At least you’ll have gotten you’re money’s worth and they should think twice before refusing a note in future.

Ask the doc if he bowls often at the point of insertion to lighten the mood

EmmetSpiceland · 01-08-2019 02:10PM

rgmmg wrote: »

Ask the doc if he bowls often at the point of insertion to lighten the mood

If they aren’t providing you with a sick note then the mood should only be “heavied”.

When you’re paying €60, or whatever it is, you should get the note. Without the note you need to get “value” for money and they shouldn’t get to laugh along.

I would certainly allow it during a “routine” examination.

rgmmg · 01-08-2019 02:47PM

My missus pal was head of PR for a charity and she always took the maximum number of sick days allowed per year. Classy.

I have only taken a handful of "sickies" over the years. Well worth it though. The last time I took one I kept laughing to myself thinking "Where's the catch?" as I rolled over and went back to sleep. Really feels like you're screwing the man

Must be due one soon.

con___manx1 · 01-08-2019 02:47PM

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Meant to type I have never logged a sick day. Double wow!!

my supervisor went 14 years without a sick day.

a while back he was coming into work very sick . one day he tried to call sick and they had no cover so he went to work. the next day he ended up in hospital and was out for a few months.
when he eventually came back to work they ****ed him over giving him more work than he had before.

Utter Consternation · 01-08-2019 02:49PM

con___manx1 wrote: »

my supervisor went 14 years without a sick day.

a while back he was coming into work very sick . one day he tried to call sick and they had no cover so he went to work. the next day he ended up in hospital and was out for a few months.
when he eventually came back to work they ****ed him over giving him more work than he had before.

It's the same thanks you'll get. You're only a number... etc etc

partyguinness · 01-08-2019 02:56PM

The problem I have always had in my line of work is that if i do take a day off:-

1. The work is still there when I get back
2. Add in 20 telephone messages
3. 70-80 emails
4. Additional new work

So I basically end up having to make up the time later on (Sunday or 8-9pm finish) and not paid extra. Plus it just dumps on my support staff.

I have never had a sick day in 17 years save 1 day I had to have off for a knee operation but I was back in the following day when I was supposed to take the rest of the week off. It was Christmas week and too busy.

I have pulled a few sickies but to be honest they have been so few and far between I cannot remember the last one.

I will treat myself to a lie in sometimes and get in at say 11 or leave early at 4- "Nursery called. Must collect sick child etc"

Strumms · 01-08-2019 03:03PM

You’ve done 43 hours since Monday ? Fûck. Calling in sick isn’t a solution. You need to leave that job or else you won’t be asking yourself to call in sick or not it’s a case of you will HAVE to.

Having a work/life balance isn’t just a nifty slogan it’s a formula for your health, staying healthy, living and enjoying life for you and your loved ones.

Take it from someone who found out the hard way.

partyguinness · 01-08-2019 03:04PM

Don't get me started on the public sector dossers. I have sat in the pub with Council workers and heard:

"Sure I have 'sick' days coming to me."

It's seen as extra holiday.

Yer Da sells Avon · 01-08-2019 03:10PM

Westernyelp wrote: »

I'm sure your colleagues appreciate you bringing the plague upon them. Stay at home if you are really sick.
If you are not. Go to work. If it's a crappy job leave it.

Very presumptuous post. Not all illnesses are contagious, and not all jobs involve sharing the same air as your colleagues. For example, I suffer from chronic back pain. The nature of my job (driving large vehicles) means that I can't take decent painkillers, but I could easily get a sick note and a Tramadol prescription and sit at home feeling sorry for myself very relaxed indeed. Working takes my mind off it.

CelticSeaShip · 01-08-2019 03:14PM

Strumms wrote: »

You’ve done 43 hours since Monday ? Fûck. Calling in sick isn’t a solution. You need to leave that job or else you won’t be asking yourself to call in sick or not it’s a case of you will HAVE to.

Having a work/life balance isn’t just a nifty slogan it’s a formula for your health, staying healthy, living and enjoying life for you and your loved ones.

Take it from someone who found out the hard way.

I'm due to go on holiday next week, thank ****.

The reason I want a sick day is because I feel the past few weeks is catching up with me. I feel so tired. I'm walking around in a fog. No time for duties at home either. Since writing the op a stabbing pain has developed in my underarm where I had an infection a few months ago and it keeps coming back and it's kicking up again. I'm due to pack for holidays tomorrow night and it's not going to get done this with this prick of an employer. I really need to be out by 6. Saying it to him and asking him to be finished on time, and the ****bag will dig his heels in. I suspect he's cheating on his wife and I think he's doing it on my time.

Gerianam · 01-08-2019 03:17PM

CelticSeaShip wrote: »

I'm due to go on holiday next week, thank ****.

The reason I want a sick day is because I feel the past few weeks is catching up with me. I feel so tired. I'm walking around in a fog. No time for duties at home either. Since writing the op a stabbing pain has developed in my underarm where I had an infection a few months ago and it keeps coming back and it's kicking up again. I'm due to pack for holidays tomorrow night and it's not going to get done this with this prick of an employer. I really need to be out by 6. Saying it to him and asking him to be finished on time, and the ****bag will dig his heels in. I suspect he's cheating on his wife and I think he's doing it on my time.

He is doing it because you are allowing him to do so. Leave at 6pm. Your day is done. What happens after 6pm is not your problem.

01-08-2019 03:17PM

what industry are you in?

Potential-Monke · 01-08-2019 03:19PM

If you have actual genuine stabbing pain, I wouldn't be waiting, I'd leave now on a medical emergency due to pain from the site of a previous infection. If he has a problem, it's his problem.

Paddy Cow · 01-08-2019 03:23PM

CelticSeaShip wrote: »

Have you ever pulled a sickie day? I'm thinking about pulling a sick day for tomorrow. I'm just so fed up of my job. By the time today ends I will have clocked up 43 hours work since Monday and my week still is 3 over. The real kicker is that I won't earn a cent over 400 euro. No over time pay.

Take the sick day and don't feel guilty. They'll get over it. Can you take the financial hit though? I'm going to presume that because you are in a job where your employer clearly takes the p!ss and doesn't give a sh!te about you that they don't pay sick days and either you will be out of pocket or have to take it as a holiday?

I can only re-iterate what a lot of people have said on this thread - you need a new job. Clearly you are not lazy, otherwise you wouldn't work from 8.30 to 7/8/9 every night. This is sucking the life and motivation out of you. Get out now and find someone who will pay you appropriately for your time. If you don't your mental health will suffer. Your boss couldn't care less about you. If you quit they will simply get some other whipping boy. Life is too short to spend it working so that other's can enjoy the benefits of your hard work.

weldoninhio · 01-08-2019 03:25PM

Utter Consternation wrote: »

There's no point going off sick if you're actually sick. You're wasting everyones time then.

Also, a poster here suggested that you go off sick with a dose of 'the nerves.' I'd advise against this as employers will not accept a medical cert with the diagnosis 'suffering from the nerves' on it.

Your diagnosis is no business of your employers. A doctors note stating that you are unable to attend work due to illness should suffice.

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