Justified or not? Killing coworkers who think that...

[Strings]

>The only unhappy guy, is me.<

Which is really how we prefer life to be, Teknoid...

[Teknoid]

>The only unhappy guy, is me.<

Which is really how we prefer life to be, Teknoid...

Y'know, I've been sick as a dog for two weeks (while working every day).

I COUGH in your general direction!   

[Jamisjockey]

I guess that means if you take a paid sick day, you're stealing 100% of it? Doesn't make much sense to me. I know in my case, the 50% is more than enough to get the job done. Sad to say, but I could do it in my sleep (and have). If I called in, somebody would be getting time and a half to cover for me, and I'd probably have to go back and fix it again when I returned to work. So I work, if I'm physically able. Customer is happy, company is happy. The only unhappy guy, is me.

Until you infect your coworkers with whatever it is you're rubbing on the door handles and keyboards....now they are less effective, too!

[Uncle Bubba]

I guess that means if you take a paid sick day, you're stealing 100% of it? Doesn't make much sense to me. I know in my case, the 50% is more than enough to get the job done. Sad to say, but I could do it in my sleep (and have). If I called in, somebody would be getting time and a half to cover for me, and I'd probably have to go back and fix it again when I returned to work. So I work, if I'm physically able. Customer is happy, company is happy. The only unhappy guy, is me.

No. You earned the use of a sick day as a benefit for work already done.

[RoadKingLarry]

I worked for a big outfit several years ago where the stated policy was "If you're sick stay home". I came in one day sick as heck but since I didn't work around other people and I had a big project to finish I came in. Boss sent me home didn't like to see me coughing and retching in the trash can. Come annual eval time he gigged me on my raise for taking a sick day, cost me 2%. Then he got indignant when I reminded him he told me to go home. I found a better job 4 month later.

[Don't care]

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[Strings]

Mike? "Getting" old?

Wasn't he born old (or crawled out from under the rock old, whichever)... :neener:

[Nitrogen]

I have over 2000 accrued unused sick leave hours even not contaminating people. I also have managed to be promoted several times and I get performance bonuses every year. Working efficiently is different from "getting into work". Lots of useless slackers "get into work" everyday.

You're lucky.  I only get to carry over 80 hours a month.

[Ben]

We can only carry over 240 hours of annual leave, but sick leave keeps accruing. Of course we don't get any of it as cash when we leave or retire -- it just goes away. They'll probably come up with some kind of payback deal the day after I retire. In my last job, I quit with over 500 hours of sick leave that I lost, then 3 months later the county I had been working for cut a deal to pay workers 50% of their sick leave when they end employment. That woulda been a nice little chunk of change to take to grad school with me.