calling in sick

[ChadTower]

No net benefit, I guess.  I'd get the same as much vacation time whether I took 10 hours off every month or built it up and took a two-week vacation.  I prefer the latter, though.  The main reason it builds up is that I've always got a lot of work to do at work, so I never use it because I just don't feel like going into work one day.  Even when I do feel like that I figure I need to take a "stress" day and I use sick leave.  Being forced to take a 60-hour paid vacation is something to smile about, though.

I used to try and build up massive amounts of vacation.  A few years of that, filled with "oh we can't spare you for two whole weeks, but I can give you three days" cured that desire.

[Bones]

If you have a strong work ethic then you will probably rock up to work and be one of the reliable ones. If not, you fall into the category of not giving a damn.

I used to have a guy who rang in sick all to often (almost weekly). His father was a Doctor and was writing his medical certificates covering his absence. There was nothing I could do but make his life miserable until he left, which he did.

There is nothing worse than managing kids and trying to make a winner out of an obvious looser. I will never do it again, I think I have heard just about all the excuses now and it becomes obvious when somebody just wants a day off.

[shmokes]

wow.....  300 days....

only 65 more days and you could just take a whole YEAR off......

I'll have about 300 hours of vacation leave accrued and must use 60 before the end of the year.   With a 40 hour work-week that means I'll have one and a half months of paid vacation accrued by the end of the year.  Still a lot of vacation, but nowhere near a year's worth.

[ChadTower]

My father in law works for GE, union, has worked there for nearly 30 years.  Their union has incremental vacation in their contract.  They accrue an additional 2.5 days of vacation for every completed year of service or something like that.

He has 10+ weeks of paid vacation every year now.

[shmokes]

I was getting 8 hours per month and it bumped up to 10 hours last October on my 5-year anniversary.  10 years it bumps again to 12 hours per month (which I'll never see cos I'm quitting in about a year.  I don't think it goes any higher than that, but I'm government so I do get get every Holiday off which is another 10 or so days per year.

[DrewKaree]

I'm sure this thread started off as a joke and I agree that everyone needs a day off from time to time, so just take one.  Use a vacation day and enjoy it.  If you work your @aa off and put in 60+ hrs for the company when things are busy any self respecting supervisor would acknowledge that and probally let you take that "DAY OFF".  Calling in sick when you not is just plain lame... If you abuse it more than once then "Everyone" will know soon enough and then you wont have any respect from your peers, supervisors or worst of all your subordinates.

Be man enough to have the kind of relationship with your team to tell the truth or find a new job it your on a $hitty team.

all I heard was:

I'm sure this thread started off as a joke and   blah blah blah blah

All I heard was the boss in Office Space saying "Yeeaaaaahhhhhh, I'm gonna have to have you go and come in on Saturday"

Oh, and some random crap about "paradigms", "thinking outside the box", "team player", "maximizing productivity"....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I can't come to work today because I am sick.
How sick are you?
Well I am in bed with my attractive sister.

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Was it just me?  Did that make you laugh so hard your stomach hurt?  Meh....[larry the cable guy]That's funny right there, I don't care who you are![/larry the cable guy}