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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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[–] Camden28@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do they also do vacation on the honor system? That is: is any/all time off coming from the same pool? I hope not, but it is something various companies try to do to entice people to work more, relax less, and remove the need to pay out unused vacation time when you're suddenly downsized. In such cases (when there's no payout for accrued days) always take plenty of vacation time. As for sick time, you should obviously take sick time whenever you are sick. Your coworkers will especially appreciate it if you don't come in while symptomatic even if you can tough it through. Also take off if you need a personal day. If that sick time (not vacation) ends up being more than 6 days a year, perhaps you should look for stressors that may be harming your quality of life.

No vacation is not honor system, I have actual days there