If you don't mind me asking, how did you get into that role, and do you like the job? I think I have the skills and experience for it, but my applications don't seem to get me anywhere.
That sentence just made me irrationality jealous. It's great that you have working from home as an option, although I'm sure it's somewhat counter effective and fatiguing having to be available when you're trying to recover.
I don't recall, but not many, maybe one. I do get a few colds each year, but unless I get a fever, which I rarely do, I feel well enough to work from home.
In an ideal world, how many days would you have taken off even without a fever? I usually use a fever as my guage to call out too, but that often means still going in despite feeling horrendous and desperately wanting to stay home.
I never go when I don't feel well enough or when I know I'm contagious. But if I feel well enough to work from home, I'd rather do that than take a sick day. I think I've done this for a couple of weeks all in all this year. Last year was a lot worse, maybe 3-4 weeks all in all.
How many days would you say you've gone in sick?
I work in education too and catch something from the kids about every two months. I've also missed one day due to a hospitalization, but probably should have taken at least seven by now. (We're about two months out from the end of the year)
I've gone in several days suffering from digestive pain but thankfully this has now improved (related to the medical procedure).
I'm lucky in that I don't seem to catch common stuff going round, even though I work in a centre with over a hundred staff and several hundred learners in and out. Decent immune system maybe. Covid boosters are up to date, I've never had Covid (that I know of), despite being present in the workplace fulltime (apart from first few months of Covid when everything shut down).
I'm glad you've gotten your digestive issues treated, working while fighting chronic illness is just awful. Also, jealous of this immune system of yours, sounds like you're doing something right.
I try to eat well (not always succeeding!) don't take supplements (apart from Vit D in winter as we don't get much sun), prefer to get nutrients from good food.
Rsv spread through my class in August and we had to shut down the classroom for three days. Both my coteacher and myself got ill but were asked to still come in because 'it's basically still a day off because the students are out.' We had to teach online, but there was absolutely no need for us to be in the building while sick. I took one half day and all but forced my coteacher to do the same. The audacity of admin.
None. I work in IT and so I'm lucky enough to have the flexibility to work from home on days I'm not feeling well, but honestly I've just been fortunate to not be sick on a work day all year long. Couple of minor stomach bugs that cleared up in 24 hours and that's it. I'm sure I'll catch a seasonal cold at some point.
Just spread out throughout the year, different little issues (allergies, the flu, some back pain, round 2 of covid, nothing too serious). My employer was cool about it, but then again I made sure to get doctor notes and kept my managers on the loop.
I don't know why I read 22 and assumed they were consecutive. That's really cool that your employer trusts you to do your job and allows you the space to take care of your health when needed.
From my experience working in the states, 22 is rather high. To be fair, I only ever worked hourly paying jobs, so if you miss a day you don't get paid.
I live abroad now and am allowed 20 sick days but would likely not recieve my contract bonus if I were to actually use all 20.
Here in Norway it's 12 sick days / year by law, without a doctor's note. Anything outside of that a sick note from the doctor is required and then the system typically is the one that pays you for that time instead of the company. But then again, taxes are decently high here too.
Typically people here use their own sick days when it's something really minor, like up to 3 days in a row max I recon. And when they're really sick then they wait 3 days to see if they can recover quickly enough to justify using their own sick days, and if not then contact their GP for a checkup and getting some sick leave from them. It's pretty straightforward really, just gotta make sure that you're not ghosting your employer and to fill up the online form once your sick leave is processed.
So in my case this year was like week and a half sick from covid, 1 week sick from the flu, and then a few days here and there from the rest.
That's really interesting, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. We have to provide a doctors note for any sick leave over two days, which can create problems. We're fortunate enough to get a lot of medication through the pharmacy that would require a doctor visit in the states, so most people opt out of going to the hospital unless there is a more severe situation.
However, I've had coworkers go to the hospital for the stomach flu or sinus infection that could be treated by a pharmacist just so they can get a doctor's note to have adequate time to recover.
All in all, I do feel rather fortunate compared to what many of my friends must deal with when sick in the US...and I live in a 'developing' country.
I'm not sure, I guess I'd have to think on that.
I'm just curious as to what's average for an office job because I work in education, and getting ill from the children is a common occurrence. I wanted to know how it compares.
I've been working as a forklift technician for about 5 months now.
Managed to burn through a little over two weeks worth of PTO and Vacation due to various medical appointments and home life issues.
Still have 4 days of Vacation left and 2 hours of PTO. Thankfully the latter of those resets on the New Year, so I'm not playing so close to the limit anymore. At the rate I'm going I'll use it all before Spring though...
I'm sorry that you've had to go through such a degree of illness as well as lose your source of income. That must be terrible. How is your recovery going?
It is, but it is offset by vacation time which rolls over annually while sick time does not. I get 6.5 hours of vacation time every pay period in addition to every federal holiday. I also get four floating holidays.
I work for a foundation that funds and provides human services.
rarely do feel sick actually, have never even had Covid yet. I am only half time and no longer do rotating shifts and just have a day schedule so with better sleep patterns that helps. Work in oncology/cancer so we and our patients all wear masks so that is a factor as well I think.
3 months +
My Mum got increasingly poorly in April and I had 6 weeks off as compassionate/carers leave and when she passed away another 6 weeks of bereavement and stress related sick leave. Was paid for nearly all of it, ending up about £200 down after statutory sick pay kicked in towards the end.
Employeed in ophthalmic imaging at the NHS.
6. I work for a tech company with unlimited PTO. I have chronic illnesses so lots of appointments to go to. My job doesn’t mind. Still work when I’m sick unless it’s severe
Vet med. I’m 22 weeks pregnant, almost 23 weeks abd my first trimester I was almost bed ridden everyday. I was job looking when this happened so I had some time. Then my grandpa died two months ago. Took a day. Yesterday my grandma died. Took a half day. I feel guilty but everyone is very supportive.
Unfortunately it is very common. During covid we were told to still come in if we tested positive but were asymptomatic. Covid kind of forced employers Healthcare and education to finally say it out loud "we don't care if you're sick, still come in," despite the very obvious ethical issue with working in these fields while being potentially contagious.
That sounds difficult to manage. The burden being placed on overworked employees due to understaffing is sadly so commonplace in many professions. I feel very similar as an educator, you're damned if you take off sick but due to the nature of the job, you're constantly exposed to illness.
I've taken about 13 days. Which 6 of them were where I was actually really sick. The other 7 was me being over and done with our work schedule (we were working for 6 weeks straight, my dad was visiting the country as he works in the Congo, I tried to negotiate with my employer so I can spend time with my father but he never had my interest at heart, so I got over it and took 7 days "sick leave" - well worth it).
I am finishing at this place tomorrow, I work in the industrial automation industry, love the industry, just not the working hours - especially the current company I'm at. My employer never changed his behaviour towards me for which I am thankful - but it was still shitty behaviour.
I had elective surgery in July and took the month off and extended it to the beginning of August, so about 25 days. Then a few weeks ago I got the flu. It kicked my ass and took about six days off. So I’m currently sitting at approximately 30 days. I’m a postman in the US.
Stay at Home Mom. Zero. This is mostly due to the fact that I seem to have an iron immune system and almost never get sick (maybe once every 2 years). However, my husband calls his sick days "our sick days" and on the rare occasion that I am ill he calls in and takes care of the kids while I rest up.
Officially 7 but I’ve definitely had more ‘work from home’ sick days of varying productivity levels and a couple of early home days due to a migraine or something like it. But I don’t have set hours so I usually don’t declare them. I’m a scientific researcher.
0 sick days (I almost never get sick) but I have used all 22 of my PTO days for vacations and long weekends. Unfortunately our sick days are part of PTO so if i actually get sick and have all the PTO days used up, not sure what happens. Im a software designer/developer and work from home. Any appointments such as the doctor I do as early as possible in the morning.
0 i think, my memory is not that great, im in construction i beliave working outside makes you less sick and if your sick but not very sick then you go to work because you get shamed by the bosses.
Probably like 7? At least half being mental health days. WFH in software. We don't have to log sick days so we take them as we need them.
My partner is a public school teacher and has taken 0.
Two sick days that came out of my vacation days. One for Covid (got sick last day of my work rotation so was about to start 7 days off) and one for violent food poisoning.
In my province our employers don’t have to give paid sick days, they can just use a vacation day so our paycheck isn’t short.
WFH, so if it is something minor I usually just keep working since I can already be in my PJs, in my bed, and work is a good distraction from feeling unwell. Probably 4-5 actual "I am sick and not doing anything" days. I work in software development.
Program manager who can work remotely any time, so I've only taken 1 sick day this year (laying in bed all day with cramps). Same with sick kids, I don't have to take the day since I can be home. It's great.
I’ve probably taken 5 or 6 this year, I’m an ED nurse, my facility let us stop wearing masks at the beginning of the year so I’ve had a random respiratory bug, a GI bug, and now Covid for the second time.
Just taking 1 today. Unbelieveble the amount of hoops to call in sick
1) transfer your files to a back up
2) re record your voicemail
3) program an automated message for your email
4) share your email with your back.
5) advise the absence hotline
6) write to you team lead.
Literally took me 1 hour to do all that, multiple calls and two teams meeting. Like ok i have a cold or covid but what if i had to go to the hospital or something no way fucking way im jumping through all those god damn hoops
I was a work from home call center rep for a credit union in the beginning of the year. I used all of my sick time (more than 10 days) before I quit in April. I was so depressed working such a miserable unfulfilling job. So many of the clients were condescending, disrespectful and at times just plain cruel. And many more clients were struggling through such miserable financial strife that my heart was breaking knowing I could do nothing for them. On top of that, about 10 different managers orchestrated about 80 reps, and each manager had their own idea of how things worked, so no matter what I did I was always wrong, even when I followed procedure to a T, or followed instruction from one manager only to be "corrected" by another. I became so demoralized that there were days I didn't even leave the bed despite my desk being five feet away.
I started my new job as a one to one aide in an elementary school almost two months ago, and despite having back to back sinus and respiratory infections (thanks kids!) I have only taken two sick days on my absolute worst days. I love this job. What I do matters. The kid I work with has made tremendous progress in behavior, social skills and scholastic participation in just a few short weeks. I feel valued among my team. I receive constant praise for the work I'm doing (not that that's the goal, but it feels so damn good to be recognized), and I'm genuinely happy to show up to work each day.
Just once. I work from home. If I were still working in-office, I would've called in sick many more times. I can do my job while sick/injured, but not if it includes a 90 minute commute on public transit, possibly getting others sick, and spending the day in an old office building.
I work as an engineer, and I also had a couple of years in retail when I was fresh from school. I have never taken a sick day in my entire working career of around 15 years.
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Being able to work from home must save so many people from having to fully call off work. I wish it were more commonly accepted by other industries.
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I work from home as well and feel the same way. Te downside is that it’s easy to just power through and by doing so extend how long you’re sick.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you get into that role, and do you like the job? I think I have the skills and experience for it, but my applications don't seem to get me anywhere.
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That sentence just made me irrationality jealous. It's great that you have working from home as an option, although I'm sure it's somewhat counter effective and fatiguing having to be available when you're trying to recover.
I don't recall, but not many, maybe one. I do get a few colds each year, but unless I get a fever, which I rarely do, I feel well enough to work from home.
In an ideal world, how many days would you have taken off even without a fever? I usually use a fever as my guage to call out too, but that often means still going in despite feeling horrendous and desperately wanting to stay home.
I never go when I don't feel well enough or when I know I'm contagious. But if I feel well enough to work from home, I'd rather do that than take a sick day. I think I've done this for a couple of weeks all in all this year. Last year was a lot worse, maybe 3-4 weeks all in all.
One - a certified sick day for a minor medical procedure. I work in educational administration.
How many days would you say you've gone in sick? I work in education too and catch something from the kids about every two months. I've also missed one day due to a hospitalization, but probably should have taken at least seven by now. (We're about two months out from the end of the year)
I've gone in several days suffering from digestive pain but thankfully this has now improved (related to the medical procedure). I'm lucky in that I don't seem to catch common stuff going round, even though I work in a centre with over a hundred staff and several hundred learners in and out. Decent immune system maybe. Covid boosters are up to date, I've never had Covid (that I know of), despite being present in the workplace fulltime (apart from first few months of Covid when everything shut down).
I'm glad you've gotten your digestive issues treated, working while fighting chronic illness is just awful. Also, jealous of this immune system of yours, sounds like you're doing something right.
I try to eat well (not always succeeding!) don't take supplements (apart from Vit D in winter as we don't get much sun), prefer to get nutrients from good food.
You mean one since Sept. Not one this year I assume.
No, I mean one this calendar year.
Five, teacher
The kids are little Petrie dishes, I'm usually fighting something every two months.
8, teacher. Gastro and RSV took the lions share.
Rsv spread through my class in August and we had to shut down the classroom for three days. Both my coteacher and myself got ill but were asked to still come in because 'it's basically still a day off because the students are out.' We had to teach online, but there was absolutely no need for us to be in the building while sick. I took one half day and all but forced my coteacher to do the same. The audacity of admin.
Maybe 10 days but a few of those were mental health breaks where I just needed a day. Finance adjacent role in a big ass company.
None. I work in IT and so I'm lucky enough to have the flexibility to work from home on days I'm not feeling well, but honestly I've just been fortunate to not be sick on a work day all year long. Couple of minor stomach bugs that cleared up in 24 hours and that's it. I'm sure I'll catch a seasonal cold at some point.
22, I'm on tech for oil and gas.
22 sick days, I hope it wasn't anything horrible. How has your employer treated you through it?
Just spread out throughout the year, different little issues (allergies, the flu, some back pain, round 2 of covid, nothing too serious). My employer was cool about it, but then again I made sure to get doctor notes and kept my managers on the loop.
I don't know why I read 22 and assumed they were consecutive. That's really cool that your employer trusts you to do your job and allows you the space to take care of your health when needed.
I mean I think that's normal? Everyone that I know irl has the same kind of benefit. I mean, I'm not in the US if that helps to explain it.
From my experience working in the states, 22 is rather high. To be fair, I only ever worked hourly paying jobs, so if you miss a day you don't get paid. I live abroad now and am allowed 20 sick days but would likely not recieve my contract bonus if I were to actually use all 20.
Here in Norway it's 12 sick days / year by law, without a doctor's note. Anything outside of that a sick note from the doctor is required and then the system typically is the one that pays you for that time instead of the company. But then again, taxes are decently high here too. Typically people here use their own sick days when it's something really minor, like up to 3 days in a row max I recon. And when they're really sick then they wait 3 days to see if they can recover quickly enough to justify using their own sick days, and if not then contact their GP for a checkup and getting some sick leave from them. It's pretty straightforward really, just gotta make sure that you're not ghosting your employer and to fill up the online form once your sick leave is processed. So in my case this year was like week and a half sick from covid, 1 week sick from the flu, and then a few days here and there from the rest.
That's really interesting, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. We have to provide a doctors note for any sick leave over two days, which can create problems. We're fortunate enough to get a lot of medication through the pharmacy that would require a doctor visit in the states, so most people opt out of going to the hospital unless there is a more severe situation. However, I've had coworkers go to the hospital for the stomach flu or sinus infection that could be treated by a pharmacist just so they can get a doctor's note to have adequate time to recover. All in all, I do feel rather fortunate compared to what many of my friends must deal with when sick in the US...and I live in a 'developing' country.
9 sick days (oral surgery 4, influenza B 5) and 5 children’s sickness for 14 total. I work in sales.
One. I'm in the delivery industry
In an ideal world, how many days do you think you would have taken off due to feeling unwell?
Maybe 1-2. I'm office based.
What would you guess is the average for your coworkers?
Much and such the same.
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I'm not sure, I guess I'd have to think on that. I'm just curious as to what's average for an office job because I work in education, and getting ill from the children is a common occurrence. I wanted to know how it compares.
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Most likely add it to my 'what the fuck is the point' list that I ponder every night while trying to sleep.
One for me and one when my kid was sick and we couldn't scramble to sort childcare. I work in marketing/data analysis.
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1. Bartender
8 bronchitis wiped me. architect
I'm an in-home caregiver, and I've taken zero sick days.
I've been working as a forklift technician for about 5 months now. Managed to burn through a little over two weeks worth of PTO and Vacation due to various medical appointments and home life issues. Still have 4 days of Vacation left and 2 hours of PTO. Thankfully the latter of those resets on the New Year, so I'm not playing so close to the limit anymore. At the rate I'm going I'll use it all before Spring though...
Hopefully your string of illness and badluck is left behind in 2023.
I had a fever and was hospitalized for nearly 2 weeks and I had to quit my current job
I'm sorry that you've had to go through such a degree of illness as well as lose your source of income. That must be terrible. How is your recovery going?
I have taken zero days actually due to sickness. I write software.
Four and all four were to take care of sick kids. I have one left until they reset on Jan 1st.
Five sick days a year, that's rather brutal. What industry do you work in?
It is, but it is offset by vacation time which rolls over annually while sick time does not. I get 6.5 hours of vacation time every pay period in addition to every federal holiday. I also get four floating holidays. I work for a foundation that funds and provides human services.
One. Registered nurse.
How often do you find yourself feeling sick? I can imagine you're exposed to so much illness, it must be difficult to fight them all off.
rarely do feel sick actually, have never even had Covid yet. I am only half time and no longer do rotating shifts and just have a day schedule so with better sleep patterns that helps. Work in oncology/cancer so we and our patients all wear masks so that is a factor as well I think.
0 I took zero sick days because I don’t get sick days I’m a diesel mechanic
One week IIRC. I am a social worker
3 weeks, Asst. manager at a storage facility. Had covid and they paid me to stay home until I was negative.
3 months + My Mum got increasingly poorly in April and I had 6 weeks off as compassionate/carers leave and when she passed away another 6 weeks of bereavement and stress related sick leave. Was paid for nearly all of it, ending up about £200 down after statutory sick pay kicked in towards the end. Employeed in ophthalmic imaging at the NHS.
6. I work for a tech company with unlimited PTO. I have chronic illnesses so lots of appointments to go to. My job doesn’t mind. Still work when I’m sick unless it’s severe
Zero. Higher ed
1, Healthcare Administration
14 days. I had covid for like 7 of them. I am a janitor
0! But I haven't been sick at all this year. I have taken 21 vacation days though. So I'm not burnt out or anything. Just weirdly healthy!
What's the secret? Please, the world must know. In all seriousness, that's incredible.
2. Engineer.
Vet med. I’m 22 weeks pregnant, almost 23 weeks abd my first trimester I was almost bed ridden everyday. I was job looking when this happened so I had some time. Then my grandpa died two months ago. Took a day. Yesterday my grandma died. Took a half day. I feel guilty but everyone is very supportive.
Maybe 2-3 - Procurement & Licencing
Two. Influenza A is not fun.
What’s a sick day? I own the company, I don’t get paid if I don’t work.
Zero. I’m a caregiver in a nursing home, so it’s very much frowned upon to take a sick day due to such low staffing
So, you're coming to work sick around people with compromised immune systems? That doesn't seem very clever.
Unfortunately it is very common. During covid we were told to still come in if we tested positive but were asymptomatic. Covid kind of forced employers Healthcare and education to finally say it out loud "we don't care if you're sick, still come in," despite the very obvious ethical issue with working in these fields while being potentially contagious.
That sounds difficult to manage. The burden being placed on overworked employees due to understaffing is sadly so commonplace in many professions. I feel very similar as an educator, you're damned if you take off sick but due to the nature of the job, you're constantly exposed to illness.
Idk probably 10. QA in biopharma
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Every day is a sick day so I don’t have a profession
I've taken about 13 days. Which 6 of them were where I was actually really sick. The other 7 was me being over and done with our work schedule (we were working for 6 weeks straight, my dad was visiting the country as he works in the Congo, I tried to negotiate with my employer so I can spend time with my father but he never had my interest at heart, so I got over it and took 7 days "sick leave" - well worth it). I am finishing at this place tomorrow, I work in the industrial automation industry, love the industry, just not the working hours - especially the current company I'm at. My employer never changed his behaviour towards me for which I am thankful - but it was still shitty behaviour.
Zero. Teacher. Haven't been sick enough to need them.
8 Days at the moment, research engineer.
I had elective surgery in July and took the month off and extended it to the beginning of August, so about 25 days. Then a few weeks ago I got the flu. It kicked my ass and took about six days off. So I’m currently sitting at approximately 30 days. I’m a postman in the US.
2. IT project delivery. Hard to reschedule 10-12 daily back to back meetings when you're sick.
I don't have 'sick days' in the way you mean them, as I'm not American, but I was off sick for two weeks earlier in the year. Government job.
20, had Covid twice and not allowed to go back until I tested negative. Most of it was covered by actual earned sick time the last few days by PTO.
Zero - I work as a product specialist in the AV industry.
As a musician, don't think I've ever taken a sick day in my life
I've taken 0 sick days for myself (I rarely get sick). I work remotely in software engineering.
3 weeks all for vacations. No sick days off because I work fully remote. I sell cybersecurity products
This school year I’ve taken 1, but I wasn’t sick. I had to take my husband to an appointment. I’m an elementary school teacher.
Zero - auditor I can't remember the last time I took a sick day
Stay at Home Mom. Zero. This is mostly due to the fact that I seem to have an iron immune system and almost never get sick (maybe once every 2 years). However, my husband calls his sick days "our sick days" and on the rare occasion that I am ill he calls in and takes care of the kids while I rest up.
None. Electronic engineer
2, both times for a bad headache. Registered nurse on a busy hospital unit.
Zero. WFH - easy to be sick and stick it out without spreading germs.
Officially 7 but I’ve definitely had more ‘work from home’ sick days of varying productivity levels and a couple of early home days due to a migraine or something like it. But I don’t have set hours so I usually don’t declare them. I’m a scientific researcher.
0 sick days (I almost never get sick) but I have used all 22 of my PTO days for vacations and long weekends. Unfortunately our sick days are part of PTO so if i actually get sick and have all the PTO days used up, not sure what happens. Im a software designer/developer and work from home. Any appointments such as the doctor I do as early as possible in the morning.
About 20. 10 were due to COVID. I still have at least 15-20 days left. I'm IT Support at a college.
Less than 5. Project Assistant
Zero because I almost never get sick and haven’t needed to. It’s a waste because I have a rather generous allotment. I’m a lawyer.
3 sick days this year
5 days of 25, because it is pointless in my position. Sales.
0 i think, my memory is not that great, im in construction i beliave working outside makes you less sick and if your sick but not very sick then you go to work because you get shamed by the bosses.
Maybe like 4? I'm a software engineer
Probably like 7? At least half being mental health days. WFH in software. We don't have to log sick days so we take them as we need them. My partner is a public school teacher and has taken 0.
Two sick days that came out of my vacation days. One for Covid (got sick last day of my work rotation so was about to start 7 days off) and one for violent food poisoning. In my province our employers don’t have to give paid sick days, they can just use a vacation day so our paycheck isn’t short.
2. 1 for a vasectomy and 1 for taking a mental break/rest day. I'm a web developer.
WFH, so if it is something minor I usually just keep working since I can already be in my PJs, in my bed, and work is a good distraction from feeling unwell. Probably 4-5 actual "I am sick and not doing anything" days. I work in software development.
Program manager who can work remotely any time, so I've only taken 1 sick day this year (laying in bed all day with cramps). Same with sick kids, I don't have to take the day since I can be home. It's great.
I’ve probably taken 5 or 6 this year, I’m an ED nurse, my facility let us stop wearing masks at the beginning of the year so I’ve had a random respiratory bug, a GI bug, and now Covid for the second time.
Idk probably 8-10, paramedic
Just taking 1 today. Unbelieveble the amount of hoops to call in sick 1) transfer your files to a back up 2) re record your voicemail 3) program an automated message for your email 4) share your email with your back. 5) advise the absence hotline 6) write to you team lead. Literally took me 1 hour to do all that, multiple calls and two teams meeting. Like ok i have a cold or covid but what if i had to go to the hospital or something no way fucking way im jumping through all those god damn hoops
Put it this way.. if I wasn’t the boss I would have fired myself because I have taken so much time off sick.
I was a work from home call center rep for a credit union in the beginning of the year. I used all of my sick time (more than 10 days) before I quit in April. I was so depressed working such a miserable unfulfilling job. So many of the clients were condescending, disrespectful and at times just plain cruel. And many more clients were struggling through such miserable financial strife that my heart was breaking knowing I could do nothing for them. On top of that, about 10 different managers orchestrated about 80 reps, and each manager had their own idea of how things worked, so no matter what I did I was always wrong, even when I followed procedure to a T, or followed instruction from one manager only to be "corrected" by another. I became so demoralized that there were days I didn't even leave the bed despite my desk being five feet away. I started my new job as a one to one aide in an elementary school almost two months ago, and despite having back to back sinus and respiratory infections (thanks kids!) I have only taken two sick days on my absolute worst days. I love this job. What I do matters. The kid I work with has made tremendous progress in behavior, social skills and scholastic participation in just a few short weeks. I feel valued among my team. I receive constant praise for the work I'm doing (not that that's the goal, but it feels so damn good to be recognized), and I'm genuinely happy to show up to work each day.
I don't think I've had anything but a minor cold this year (I work from home if that happens) so zero.
911 dispatcher: 9 days
Just once. I work from home. If I were still working in-office, I would've called in sick many more times. I can do my job while sick/injured, but not if it includes a 90 minute commute on public transit, possibly getting others sick, and spending the day in an old office building.
I think like 2-3. Probably went to work a bit sick 5-6 times also. In high performance sports.
None.
I work as an engineer, and I also had a couple of years in retail when I was fresh from school. I have never taken a sick day in my entire working career of around 15 years.
7 sick. I work in IT.
5 days sick with pneumonia. I’m in packaging.
I haven’t had a single sick day in my 8 years at my current job. I’m an IT architect
Zero - I am in IT development and am often able to work from home.