Sick while on vacation... Get vacation days back?

[bjstare]

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No, no it isn't. The LESS time I spend at work, all things considered, the happier I am. If I could comfortably take 5 MONTHS off, of course I would. Why the hell would you go to WORK instead of going ANYWHERE ELSE.

I think he meant crazy and stupid from the perspective of the business.

Also, FWIW there's no way I'd take 5 months per year off. I want to progress my career as fast as possible, can't do that while effectively working PT.

[dirtsniffer]

I guess to be fair my company has the same policy. just couldn't resist taking a jab at the government worker saying it was a human right. If i was in the hospital I would probably bring it up, something smaller then nah. Heck all my sick days I just work from home.

[95EagleAWD]

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Some people obviously don’t hate what they do nearly as much as you lol

I do this, lol.



But I woulnd't if I didn't have to.

[Manhattan]

Looking at this logically let's say OP had planned the vacation to Japan but got sick BEFORE he got on the flight and spent 5 days hospitalized at the nearest hospital at home and did not leave the country. I think most people would be more inclined to say 'yeah he didn't take his vacation as planned he should have some or all of his vacation days back'. The situation is only changed slightly with OP being hospitalized in Japan instead of in his home country. It's actually a much worse situation to be hospitalized in a foreign country. That's the line of reasoning I would go with and I think management would be able to understand the circumstances.

[killramos]

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I do this, lol.



But I woulnd't if I didn't have to.

So, if I am understanding correctly, did you try to brag about how cool your job is AND how little you want to be doing it. All in one post?

Csb

[95EagleAWD]

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So, if I am understanding correctly, did you try to brag about how cool your job is AND how little you want to be doing it. All in one post?

Csb

It's hard work. But yes, it is pretty cool.

[SOAB]

this is definitely NOT common practice. the thought has never even crossed my mind that this would even be a thing!

don't get me wrong, I would totally use it if I could.

[ExtraSlow]

I'm always blown away by any workplace that has a specific "number" of sick days. never made sense to me.

[rx7boi]

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Beyond reeks of this lately.

@max_boost needs to teach a Beyond course on how not to be a salty bitch cuz I've never heard a bad word out of that guy's post.

#happylife

On the topic of sick days, we don't have a set number but you can anticipate a meeting with the boss if you're over 7 days or something like that.

[spikerS]

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I'm always blown away by any workplace that has a specific "number" of sick days. never made sense to me.

we officially have "12 sick days" a year but I don't think it really gets enforced unless they are trying to walk someone out the door. I think I have used 12 sick days in my time at this company in 13 years. Having said that, I know people who have used way more than 12 in a year consistently, and nothing has been said and no pay has been lost.

[Swank]

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I'm always blown away by any workplace that has a specific "number" of sick days. never made sense to me.

I would say the main reason is to try to curb or limit abuse of the time off. There are many people that use up every sick day every year here, doctor's notes aren't required. "Sick" is so subjective.

[Sugarphreak]

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[dirtsniffer]

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I'm always blown away by any workplace that has a specific "number" of sick days. never made sense to me.

Governments....

[revelations]

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I'm always blown away by any workplace that has a specific "number" of sick days. never made sense to me.

I was with Enmax and we had 3 months of 'short term' leave per year.
This meant that, I could call in sick, 3 days in a row without a Dr. note. for a CUMULATIVE of 3 months a calendar year.

With that amount of sick time, I was calling in sick for anything remotely resembling. Some of the 'lifers' there were proud of having taken few, or no sick time of their decades of employment, meanwhile I was calling in sick for a headache and making some of these guys wonder if they werent screwing themselves..... (ie coming in to work sick, macho, etc.)

It was all in the employee contract - plain to see.

[ExtraSlow]

Yeah, some of the warriors who never take sick days are stupid. They make other sick and generally lower the productivity of the entire team.

I also firmly believe that if your team can't function without you, your manager isnt doing thier job, and if you are the manager, you shouldn't be.

Having a single point of failure like that is a sure sign of a weak organization.

[max_boost]

I have not been sick since Aug 2017 and utterly convinced I'll be deathly ill on my vacation in June.

[Misterman]

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I'm always blown away by any workplace that has a specific "number" of sick days. never made sense to me.

Only way to stop people from abusing sick days is to have a standard they have to abide by.

[bjstare]

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Yeah, some of the warriors who never take sick days are stupid. They make other sick and generally lower the productivity of the entire team.

I also firmly believe that if your team can't function without you, your manager isnt doing thier job, and if you are the manager, you shouldn't be.

Having a single point of failure like that is a sure sign of a weak organization.

Very true. I work in an industry where the norm is to work very long days, put in time on weekends, etc, and by extension lots of people are reluctant to take sick days. I make a point of taking sick days when I'm sick, and make a point to tell (ask?) team members to take sick days, or at least work from home, when they're sick. We're all worse off if some chump decides to be "tough" and spread a cold around the office.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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I'm always blown away by any workplace that has a specific "number" of sick days. never made sense to me.

Many places have a budgeted amount, but I've never worked anywhere that actually cares or counts them - if you're sick, you stay home and get better. That benefits the entire company because you aren't coming in making everyone else sick (a pet peeve of mine).

[Disoblige]

Going to work sick is one thing I hate, but the worst is when someone is sick and they're hacking and making those gross throat phlegm noises in addition to being sick.