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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 8:50:44 GMT -5
A friend face booked how sick she was and of course it happened when she has to pull two ten hour days... I wanted to post, stay home! But I guess that is easier said than done in some jobs? Do you go to work sick? And my real reason for posting... I'm on day three of this chest/head cold. Jane Goodall is speaking at a university about an hour away tonight... I really want to go... I think I could take cough drops and refrain from coughing for the duration and minimize nose blowing... I'd skip the book signing! But I'm guessing I'm germ-y... My general feelings are stay the heck home until you are better, but that's a luxury for most people. In this case though I'd be breaking my rule cause I just want to... What say you?
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 15, 2014 8:55:46 GMT -5
I wouldn't go, personally. If I'm ill, and possibly contagious, I don't go out among 'em. The only way I'd do so would be with a mask on to prevent the spread of whatever is ailing me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 9:07:06 GMT -5
you have a cold, not the plague. if everyone stayed home every time they had a cold, the world would come to a standstill. take some cough medicine and go unless you feel horrible.
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Post by midjd on Sept 15, 2014 9:07:47 GMT -5
I changed my tune on this after I had DD. Before, I was one of the people who would come into work, come hell or high water... Now, I want to tell people to stay the F at home.
The worst part was over the holidays last year (DD was exactly 1mo old on Christmas Day) when half the family had colds but everyone insisted on passing her around. DD was sick for the next month, then DH and I caught it. I think it was March before we were all finally better.
One of my coworkers (I'm not sure which one - somewhere to the east of my office) literally sounded like s/he was hacking up a lung last week. There is nothing we do that is so important it can't be handled by a computer/phone/internet connection at home. Go home!
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Post by Phoenix84 on Sept 15, 2014 9:12:57 GMT -5
Well, many jobs don't offer paid sick leave, or combine sick and personal leave together, and don't get much of either. So you are right, that staying home sick is a luxury for many.
As I posted in February, I got the flu when I was on a trip for work. By the time I was sick, I was already on travel status. My employer had already paid money for me to be there so I went ahead and dragged my aching body to work, then flew home. I would have called in sick if I wasn't on travel status, but I was.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 9:24:06 GMT -5
I stay home when I'm sick. I have sick leave and no one is going to die or suffer great harm if I don't go to work when I'm sick. I wouldn't be very productive at my physically demanding job if I'm really sick anyway.
I've had coworkers come to work with stomach bugs and respiratory illnesses. I tell them to stay away from me if I know they're sick. I seem to catch bugs more easily than I use to.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 15, 2014 9:25:50 GMT -5
I rarely call in sick. I am in a very deadline driven profession...my deadline doesn't go away and get extended because I'm sick. So usually, sick or not, I am in my office. The exception is if I am throwing up...
That said, this April I had the flu. Not the "oh I have a bad cold but I'm calling it the flu" but the real, someone shoot me because my body hurts so much I can't even get up to pee, flu....I actually stayed home with that one.
When I go somewhere when I'm sick, I try to be as considerate as possible. I hide in my office, wash my hands constantly, etc.
So I would go today but just not shake hands...
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Post by muttleynfelix on Sept 15, 2014 9:26:31 GMT -5
It depends on what is going on at work. If I'm on a deadline, then I drag myself into work. If I'm not on a deadline, then I will often stay home.
Now for other stuff, I generally try to stay home. Now last winter I was getting over the flu and I had made plans to meet up with my BFF (who lives 10 hours away) at her Grandpa's (3 hours away). I pushed it back a day and I asked her if she was ok with me being around her 5 month old and she said yes, so we met up anyway. It all worked out. We did go to my parent's up in Illinois when DH had the flu and DS was getting over the flu. On the way up DD got the flu and the day after we arrived, I got the flu. So, we were a bunch of sickies! But DH ended up sleeping the entire time and DS was mostly feeling better and having help with him and DD was worth it IMO.
No way would I let my sick relatives play pass the baby or would I play pass the baby while sick.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 9:31:00 GMT -5
I'm rarely sick with anything contagious, but I'm puking sick about once a week with migraines. I have to come in. I've been "lucky" that the past few weeks they've hit me on a Saturday. The guy next to me has been hacking up his lungs for weeks, but what can you do? We only get a few sick days a year and I try to save mine for when the kids are sick.
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 15, 2014 9:31:13 GMT -5
I try to stay home from all but the necessary stuff at first when I'm sick and I'm pretty strict about keeping DS home too. With coughing it's hard because I have asthma and allergies - if I stayed home with a cough I'd be quarantined half the year. Asthma and allergies aren't contagious so they're not a problem. It's the viruses and bacterial illnesses that cause trouble when people aren't considerate enough stay away from others in close situations.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Sept 15, 2014 10:04:46 GMT -5
Depends on what you define as "sick."
If it's just a cold, as in the sniffles, I'll just take some cold medicine and go back out there.
On occasion I'll get a migraine and just take some Alieve and go out there.
Anything more serious I'll usually stay home unless it's vitally important. Which sometimes at work it is. Before all this started, I would have regulatory requirements to meet every year. Some meetings and deadlines simply couldn't be missed without violating public law. But more often than not, calling in sick wouldn't have been much of an issue.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 10:08:15 GMT -5
This isn't vitally important. That's the thing. I want to go, but I also know that if I was sitting in a packed audience, I'd rather not have someone snotting and hacking (or looking like she should be snorting and hacking) sitting next to me smelling if halls and vaporub...
Sigh. Maybe I'll just catch it on YouTube. If I'm going to skip the book signing anyway...
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Sept 15, 2014 10:10:30 GMT -5
My boss isn't big on letting us work from home, even though we can easily do all of our job duties remotely. We have a pretty generous sick leave policy, though, so if I can't concentrate I will take the day off. I tend to stay in my cube anyway, but I make sure to keep the hand sanitizer out to use frequently, spray down my desk with Lysol a couple of times a day & before I leave, and will work from home or just call in sick if I am coughing/sneezing all over the place.
Right now I am not sleeping at all so I feel like crap, but it's not like pregnancy is contagious so I still drag my butt in here every day. 16 days left....
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 15, 2014 10:10:56 GMT -5
It depends on what is going on at work. If I'm on a deadline, then I drag myself into work. If I'm not on a deadline, then I will often stay home. Now for other stuff, I generally try to stay home. Now last winter I was getting over the flu and I had made plans to meet up with my BFF (who lives 10 hours away) at her Grandpa's (3 hours away). I pushed it back a day and I asked her if she was ok with me being around her 5 month old and she said yes, so we met up anyway. It all worked out. We did go to my parent's up in Illinois when DH had the flu and DS was getting over the flu. On the way up DD got the flu and the day after we arrived, I got the flu. So, we were a bunch of sickies! But DH ended up sleeping the entire time and DS was mostly feeling better and having help with him and DD was worth it IMO. No way would I let my sick relatives play pass the baby or would I play pass the baby while sick. I was a crazy when my kids were babies. No way was anyone getting near them when they were sick. I had no issues saying "sorry, you are sick and you aren't holding my baby"
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Post by Phoenix84 on Sept 15, 2014 10:13:32 GMT -5
My boss isn't big on letting us work from home, even though we can easily do all of our job duties remotely. We have a pretty generous sick leave policy, though, so if I can't concentrate I will take the day off. I tend to stay in my cube anyway, but I make sure to keep the hand sanitizer out to use frequently, spray down my desk with Lysol a couple of times a day & before I leave, and will work from home or just call in sick if I am coughing/sneezing all over the place.
Right now I am not sleeping at all so I feel like crap, but it's not like pregnancy is contagious so I still drag my butt in here every day. 16 days left.... Wouldn't that be something if pregnancy WAS contagious!
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 15, 2014 10:15:01 GMT -5
This isn't vitally important. That's the thing. I want to go, but I also know that if I was sitting in a packed audience, I'd rather not have someone snotting and hacking (or looking like she should be snorting and hacking) sitting next to me smelling if halls and vaporub... Sigh. Maybe I'll just catch it on YouTube. If I'm going to skip the book signing anyway... You might want to purchase some medical masks (you can get them online) to keep at home, oped. I think they're even available at Walmart for around $5 for 50. I have them here to use around mother if I think I might be "coming down with something", and to wear out if I must go and there's a possibility I could make others ill.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Sept 15, 2014 10:17:43 GMT -5
I had bronchitis for three months straight two years ago. I couldn't stay home for three months. I have an ENT and an allergy doctor now who are much better at getting it handled before it gets that far out of control again.
If I have my laptop and depending on the work schedule, I'd work at home. Sometimes I have to drag myself in though. Our staff has shrunk over 50% but our work load has grown. Contracting deadlines don't care if I'm sick.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Sept 15, 2014 10:41:45 GMT -5
I've always been very pissed at people who came work sick.
We were not doctors saving lives. I am pretty sure no one has ever died if financial statements were 5 minutes late.
Now, with kids, I am pissed even more. Bc I have 3!! And I can ASSURE you - one gets sick, they all get sick. And sometimes twice.
So.....yeah.
I didn't take my oldest to his Lego class last week. For a kid, who never wants to take ANY classes, but loves this one, it was pretty upsetting. But he survived.
That being said....OP - I don't see a problem with you going bc I think 1) you are smart enough to try to stay away from other people 2) it's an hour-two thing and not an all day event in a small office and 3) you are not a kid who would be touching everything and breathing on everyone.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 15, 2014 11:03:18 GMT -5
Yeah.....I'm guilty f going into work sick.
Most of my stuff runs over multiple days, and if I'm not in working, it is ruined. As that usually entails a couple thousand $$ and samples that cannot be replaced, I will be dragging my butt into work to finish things up.
However, I come in early, get done what is needed to get done and get out ASAP. I usually get into work 2-3 hours before most anyway, so am normally working alone in the lab for the better part of the day.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 15, 2014 11:05:12 GMT -5
I've always been very pissed at people who came work sick.We were not doctors saving lives. I am pretty sure no one has ever died if financial statements were 5 minutes late.Now, with kids, I am pissed even more. Bc I have 3!! And I can ASSURE you - one gets sick, they all get sick. And sometimes twice. So.....yeah. I didn't take my oldest to his Lego class last week. For a kid, who never wants to take ANY classes, but loves this one, it was pretty upsetting. But he survived. That being said....OP - I don't see a problem with you going bc I think 1) you are smart enough to try to stay away from other people 2) it's an hour-two thing and not an all day event in a small office and 3) you are not a kid who would be touching everything and breathing on everyone. I think it depends on who you work for. At the firm I came from, you had better be in the hospital if you expected to get away with missing deadlines. I've seen partners come in on their deathbeds and that was expected of the staff. So it is easy to say that no one should go to work sick but that isn't always expected.
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Post by cktc on Sept 15, 2014 11:06:00 GMT -5
I’ll call in for the flu if I can barely move, can’t keep anything down, and would be pretty useless anyway. Calling in for a cold just seems ridiculous since I don’t work with the public. It’s a sore throat, sniffles and a cough. Medicine can keep you functioning at 80%. Besides, people are typically contagious longer than they are symptomatic, so if I was going to spread it, I probably already have. I won’t hold a baby if I think I have something, but I’m not going to quarantine myself from adults who are often much more vigilant about germ protection once they know it’s a risk.
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Post by Regis on Sept 15, 2014 11:15:37 GMT -5
I've always been very pissed at people who came work sick.We were not doctors saving lives. I am pretty sure no one has ever died if financial statements were 5 minutes late.Now, with kids, I am pissed even more. Bc I have 3!! And I can ASSURE you - one gets sick, they all get sick. And sometimes twice. So.....yeah. I didn't take my oldest to his Lego class last week. For a kid, who never wants to take ANY classes, but loves this one, it was pretty upsetting. But he survived. That being said....OP - I don't see a problem with you going bc I think 1) you are smart enough to try to stay away from other people 2) it's an hour-two thing and not an all day event in a small office and 3) you are not a kid who would be touching everything and breathing on everyone. I think it depends on who you work for. At the firm I came from, you had better be in the hospital if you expected to get away with missing deadlines. I've seen partners come in on their deathbeds and that was expected of the staff. So it is easy to say that no one should go to work sick but that isn't always expected.
Normally around my work when the partners are out sick, we get way more work done!
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Sept 15, 2014 11:15:58 GMT -5
I've always been very pissed at people who came work sick.We were not doctors saving lives. I am pretty sure no one has ever died if financial statements were 5 minutes late.Now, with kids, I am pissed even more. Bc I have 3!! And I can ASSURE you - one gets sick, they all get sick. And sometimes twice. So.....yeah. I didn't take my oldest to his Lego class last week. For a kid, who never wants to take ANY classes, but loves this one, it was pretty upsetting. But he survived. That being said....OP - I don't see a problem with you going bc I think 1) you are smart enough to try to stay away from other people 2) it's an hour-two thing and not an all day event in a small office and 3) you are not a kid who would be touching everything and breathing on everyone. I think it depends on who you work for. At the firm I came from, you had better be in the hospital if you expected to get away with missing deadlines. I've seen partners come in on their deathbeds and that was expected of the staff. So it is easy to say that no one should go to work sick but that isn't always expected.
Oh believe me, I've worked for the same places - I once drove to work with 103 fever. And I wasn't even that high on a totem pole. to this day I can't believe I didn't kill anyone or myself.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Sept 15, 2014 11:16:53 GMT -5
Yeah at the public firm where I worked a guy called in sick one day during tax season. You would have thought the world ended. We weren't on site or anything. All I heard for days was he wouldn't have got sick if he wasn't outside skateboarding on his day off. I was totally jealous of him when he skipped out without a two week notice in mid March.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 15, 2014 11:20:20 GMT -5
I'm jumpier now than I ever was. I just told the nurse practitioner that I didn't want the tech we had last week ever coming near DF or me again. She didnt practice any hygiene at all and even wanted to take DFs vitals after using her keyboard. Then she had the nerve to get pissy about it when I asked her to please washe her hands. Hey dumb shit, he has a mask on and he just had a heart transplant. So never again will she touch him.
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Post by cktc on Sept 15, 2014 11:24:32 GMT -5
For those who wouldn't dream of going to work sick, at what point do you make that call?
My typical cold goes as follows;
Day 1-2 - wake up with sore throat that goes away in a few hours Day 3 - wake up with sore throat that does not go away, sinus congestion begins Day 4 - soar throat subsiding, sinus congestion continues Day 5 - sinus congestion and a cough Day 6-7 - lingering cough
Would you call off the whole week? It seems pointless to call off day 3-5 when you have already spread your germs, and day 1-2 might just be allergies/fatigue.
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Post by justme on Sept 15, 2014 11:25:25 GMT -5
My current job lets me work from home, so as long as I had brought my laptop home I just send in an email that I'm sick and working from home in between naps. We have no sick leave.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 15, 2014 11:30:10 GMT -5
I think it depends on who you work for. At the firm I came from, you had better be in the hospital if you expected to get away with missing deadlines. I've seen partners come in on their deathbeds and that was expected of the staff. So it is easy to say that no one should go to work sick but that isn't always expected.
Oh believe me, I've worked for the same places - I once drove to work with 103 fever. And I wasn't even that high on a totem pole. to this day I can't believe I didn't kill anyone or myself. Yep...btdt. But it is the nature of the business. Very tight deadlines and no one to pick up your slack if you are out. I'm not saying I enjoyed working when I was very sick but it was what was expected of me and everyone else.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Sept 15, 2014 11:33:17 GMT -5
If I have my laptop, its usually not a problem to work from home. I have gotten a co-worker to bring it to me before when I was out unexpectedly.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Sept 15, 2014 11:38:31 GMT -5
If I have my laptop, its usually not a problem to work from home. I have gotten a co-worker to bring it to me before when I was out unexpectedly. Yeah......I was working before laptops were invented
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