Stuck at Work, Sick and Tired
When your sick, you should stay at home, says an article at The Daily News Online. The same article also says that most workers do not call in when sick, because in some cases it can be quite costly. Read the full article here.
The article includes some helpful tips on how to call in sick. Use at your own discretion. And use when your really sick, not when you’re planning on skipping off to the beach for a day:
• Do call in sick when you’re feeling miserable, need to see a doctor, are contagious or can’t think straight.
• Do make the call yourself.
• Do speak to your supervisor directly, if possible. Sending an e-mail is a tip-off of possible fakery.
• Don’t attempt to fake sounding ill.
• Do call in as early in the day as possible to give your supervisor time to plan the day without you.
• Do apologize for the inconvenience.
• Do get a doctor’s note if your illness requires medical treatment and a specified length of time off.
As a consultant to the design/build industry, working with human resource issues, I understand that an appropriate allotment of sick time is often essential to employee retention and recruitment.
