How often do you call out at work?

[bendted]

Back in the day, I took pride in essentially never calling out ("sick"). My current employer has a no questions asked policy....so calling out for phony BS reasons, they don't care...don't ask don't tell, if you will. Paid too, but of course those days paid days off is not unlimited (i am hourly).

Tomorrow I'm calling out bc there's snow in the forecast...all done on an app, so easy.

 

[LeicsDom]

Right from at school I found that if I faked a sick day I would go down with something a few days later and have to be off legitimately

 

[Alistair]

Rarely, maybe twice a year when I get a migraine headache. The new owners where I work are pretty good about closing down for weather related reasons.

 

[peeonme]

Before retirement it was about 2 x per year as needed. I used to show up late a few times just to remind them that I was usually on time.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

TL/DR: lovebomb your job and you can be the toxic bf that gets ghost whenever you want

I called out whenever I didn't wanna work. Textbook overperformance makes them dependent: perfect attendance, at work 15 minutes early, stay late as needed, on-call, mine was the first phone to ring for last minute coverage. Once you're so valuable they can't picture life itself without you, you've got them. Take a day off to get drunk or you're still drunk from last night or this barely-ever-available hottie is in-town and wants to smash your cakes, BOOM! No questions when you call out cuz it's so rare they don't even care if you're faking it-- and what are you gonna do anyway, fire me? I dare you. You can't, you need me bij.

 

[unloadonme]

I only ever take a sickness absence when I'm genuinely too ill to go to work. The last time was about 3 years ago.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I never used my sick leave so I ended up donating to other employees who had exhausted their time off.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I never used my sick leave so I ended up donating to other employees who had exhausted their time off.

You're a sweetheart.

 

[USEDCAR]

Its rare when I call out. I caught the cold bug a few weeks ago, and I called out, and the supervisor asked me if I needed another extra sick day.

When I used to be a nurses aide at the hospital, we could request a first cancellation (call off) if the patient count was low or they were overstaffed, and trust me, I used to call every weekend to get a first call off.

 

[lockeroomguy]

I'm retired now, but worked over 50 years. I took some scheduled medical leave for surgeries and treatments, but I never once called in sick.

 

[LeicsDom]

Back in the 70's I was a Civil Servant working in an office of several hundred.
We had a whole team of admin staff whose sole job was to keep track of how much sick leave you had taken. We were allowed something like 20 days a year and the admin guys would call you up and remind you that you hadn't taken enough sick leave. It was counted as part of your employment and effectively gave you an extra 20 days holiday a year

 

[TickTockMan]

Only when I couldn't get out of bed or forced medical leave. I usually went in because the order would be late other wise, then leave.

 

[xyxyxy]

Almost never

 

[NotHardUp1]

Planned doctor appointments are the norm for me, but not call outs. I rarely get any respiratory bug, and then not severe.

A call out is probably only once every two or three years, sometimes for a kidneystone.

My current job is very data history driven, and programs are divided up among the staff with little plan for backup or crosstraining, so I don't miss without planning usually. My value is in my memory of the history of the program I manage and my availabilitty to answer any concerns or needs about it

 

[jjonn3]

I very seldom called in sick. Probably only a couple of times a year.

 

[Dargelos]

Since I am redundant, every day is a day off, yippee. When the culling time comes, the hard workers get flushed down the toilet alongside the lazy bastards. Loyalty only works in one direction. So take as much time off as you can get away with and never feel guilty.

 

[JustC]

It is pretty rare that I miss. I work a few jobs, one of them as a hairdresser. So it is super difficult to miss work. (Missing one day means rescheduling clients.) However, if I am sick, I will stay home.

 

[BiBtm64]

Taking a day off sick, when you're not actually sick, seems to have such a tradition in Australia that it has a special name: sickie. We refer to taking one as "chucking a sickie".

I've never "chucked a sickie" in my life. I've only ever taken sick leave when I've actually sick, or I have a medical appointment. The people who regularly "chuck sickies" are pretty obvious, and I don't want to be known as one of those people. We call them "bludgers" and I'm not one. It's not about loyalty, it's about how I value myself.

 

[LilBit]

I allow myself a maximum of two sick days a semester, and I usually use them for mental health days. Making up a missed day usually takes in more work than it's worth, so I try to avoid it if I can. At this point, I'm going to get a huge payout for unused sick days when I retire.

 

[briefs4me]

I travel a lot for work. However, I only actually work 8-9 months out of the year. The rest of the time I'm sitting at home. I just started my 19th year doing this. With that being said, I've only actually called out 3 times due to sickness. I don't get sick days and I don't get paid unless I work.