Just for the record, I agree with the, "It's lying" position
Scott, I've never met you before but I can honestly say there was never a doubt in my mind which direction you would be on this one.
Just for the record, I agree with the, "It's lying" position
I work sick when I have tasks that would impact my peers if I were not available to do them.
Now an issue I will have to deal with in 15 years or so is accrued sick leave. There is no limit to sick leave accrual so I can build up thousands of hours but the kicker is I only get paid for 720 hours when I retire so I could end up giving a couple of thousands of hours back to the city....but that's a bridge I will have to cross when I get to it.
Also i once worked in the financial industry.it was a well known fact if you had a credit card through the credit union and the day you take off sick they look up where you bought stuff that day and audit your bank account at their own wants and they didnt have to tell you.
when people went on vacation, we'd audit their accounts (I was an auditor for a bank for a while) so its not uncommon. The ones we had to watch were the ones who never left. It always seemed that the most dedicated were the ones stealing (never leaving, always working a little too hard) and thats only to a degree mind you. but the ones that never left, were the ones we had to watch for.I think that is peranoia(sp) to the extreme...
That will resolve itself; as you get older the body will tend to break down more often and you'll be glad you accrued those extra hours because they will come in handy.
Mental Health days man, thats what I call them.
Do you think it is okay to call in sick when you are in fact not sick?
At my previous employer, I had hundreds of hours of sick time accumulated. I never took a sick day, I guess I just felt too bad about it. And when I left the company, do you know what I got for never taking a sick day? Absolutely nothing. All that loyalty and nothing to show kindof hurts.
Either way, expecting a pat on the back from a place you're leaving sounds kind of like walking out on your wife and being disappointed she didn't give you "one for the road."
Well IMO, if you work for a company like mine ya'lls opinions might be different. Sounds like most people here have office jobs. I work for a crappy contractor, by this I will explain. When you are only given 40hrs vacation after 2 years (They lied saying after 1 year), absolutely no sick days or personal days, and they take holidays away from you (Currently only 5 days) you tend to have a bad perspective on the company. They screw you, you screw them. Its a sorry attitude but when they do stuff like that to the employees, its hard to have a good attitude about the company. If the company gave a crap about the employees, then no I wouldn't take sick days just to take them.
* Solved my little problem though, going in the Navy. No calling in sick when your not!