Poll: Do you into work sick?

[cuddly_tomato]

I was wondering about this. Being a hypocondriac germophobe who thinks he is going to die if he gets a runny nose, I tend to dive into bed at the first sign of the sniffles and stay there for two weeks.

On the one hand I feel like I am a wimp for not soldiering on with it as others do.

On the other I don't like spreading this stuff around and reckon people who do get sick should take a few days off themselves (and avoid giving me their germs).

What do you all reckon?

 

[rossatdi]

Been ill as fuck all week but I had too much to do at work.

We're starting work for a new client and there was a huge meeting with the entire team to kick things off. I had to be there. 6 hours. Holy crap I thought I was going to die.

I prefer ducking out early rather than missing whole days. But then I don't really get very sick.

 

[latenightapplepie]

Haha! Poor employed people, working their asses off 9 to 5 just to get money so they can buy what they want and live in an apartment/home of their own.

...

Damn.

So yeah I'm unemployed, but I would still go into university even if I was a little sick. Yeah, it's a slightly different situation but meh. It sounds a tad selfish, but my education and marks are good important than whether I'm going to infect other people with just a cold.

While I believe that if it's serious then you ought to take the day off, I don't really err on the side of caution.

 

[jdnoth]

I accidentally into work sick
Is this bad?

 

[Gitsnik]

I'm a contractor and in I.T. so definitely.

At this point in time I've been going to work every day for the past two months with a fractured wrist.

"Aint nothing gonna get me down..."

Thing is, especially as a contractor, you don't work, you don't get paid, and with the way things are going I've only got about a months worth of living saved up, so it is necessary for me to do it.

Yes. I mock myself for this, yet I still do it.

 

[corporate_gamer]

Im actually Ill and at work now; At a hospital. Im probably the reason everyone gets a virus when the go on the NHS.

 

[Zer_]

I'm a contractor and in I.T. so definitely.

At this point in time I've been going to work every day for the past two months with a fractured wrist.

"Aint nothing gonna get me down..."

Thing is, especially as a contractor, you don't work, you don't get paid, and with the way things are going I've only got about a months worth of living saved up, so it is necessary for me to do it.

Yes. I mock myself for this, yet I still do it.

Oh god at least it wasn't a fractured toe. I took public transportation to work with a broken toe. Thankfully I'd sit down and play games all day as my job, so yeah.

 

[Brokkr]

I usually go into work unless I am so sick that I can't stop throwing up.

 

[Bling Cat]

Thankfully I'd sit down and play games all day as my job, so yeah.

What's your job? I want it!

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

Only if it's really bad, but I still hate being around people when I have a cold, especially when you need to be quiet but you get that itching in your throat and you really need to blow your nose, then you just can't help coughing for 5 minutes straight...

 

[creaney]

I don't have a choice, I have to stay off as I work in a hospital.

 

[Vlane]

I have to work in my own apartment and when I'm at work (I have to do the exact same work) so it doesn't matter if I'm sick.

 

[MONTGOMERYWOODRUFF69]

The only thing that would keep me from going into work sick would be if I came down with the plague, the bills don't stop coming because I've caught a cold.

 

[Haliwali]

I go and hope I get off early.

 

[ace_of_something]

i get get fired if i call in sick too much; i don't have a choice.

or if i call in sick too much on say 'a friday' or too many times it's 'two days in a row'. They've had problems with people abusing sick days. And the higher ups think a draconian sick policy is the best way to deal with excessive overtime.

 

[NeedAUserName]

And the higher ups think a draconian sick policy is the best way to deal with excessive overtime.

A what now?

 

[ace_of_something]

And the higher ups think a draconian sick policy is the best way to deal with excessive overtime.

A what now?

when someone calls in sick, someone else has to work overtime to take their place. So if they make it hard to call in sick they won't have to deal with the overtime.

Dra⋅co⋅ni⋅an
?adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Draco or his code of laws.
2. (often lowercase) rigorous; unusually severe or cruel:

 

[Anton P. Nym]

If it's just sniffles, I'll still go in to work; but if it's fever, or coughing, or sore throat[sup]*[/sup] I stay home and keep my germs to myself.

-- Steve

[sup]*[/sup]I work on telephones all day. If I can't talk, there's little point in going... and if it's still contageous, going in might even hurt the bottom line if I spread my voicelessness by showing up.

 

[number2301]

I used to go into work when I was ill, until I got properly ill and realised it does you no good. I don't have the kind of job, albeit office based, where I can just go through the day in a daze and when you're properly ill you're no good at work and you just get worse. English winters, crappy central heating and early mornings aren't particularly conducive to recovering from suspected pneumonia as I found out earlier this year.