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How many times a year do you call out sick to work? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 days ago by rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Just got a really good job where they don’t have sick days but instead you can just call out sick whenever “on the honor system.” I want to take advantage of this but also don’t want to do it in a way that’s excessive or draws attention. So how many times would you say you call out sick per year/what seems like a believable amount of times to get sick?

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[–] Des@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

my job runs on a skeleton crew so and has a shit culture where everyone just powers through it. to my shame i went over a decade without a call out (when there were times i should have)

as i've gotten older i probably now average about twice a year (mostly injuries). we can have 5 "occurrences" before things get written up unless you take FMLA time.

only plus is they give us a check for our sick hours not used at end of year or my manager will just cash them out whenever if we want extra money. FT theoretically get 40 hours for sick time a year (it can vary a bit and doesn't all come into existence at once instead it's spread out and slowly bumps up)