stonerblue
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Funnily enough i'm having my do today. No argueing or fighting or snogging on the photocopier for me. Paid meself a 6k bonus on Saturday.
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Sick days / mental health days
- Thread starter Mad Eyed Screamer
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bluetonium
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Probably missed as many days off in the past two decades as I did for all the years up to 25 combined. Not many. Two I can remember were for the winter vomiting bug in around 2014 and the flu in 2022. Both times I literally couldn't leave the bedroom, even getting to the bog was a gargantuan effort.
But I do get 28 days leave per year, somehow with kids it's still not enough but thankfully I work for a guy who is very flexible on working hours so it's never a problem for hospital appointments or kids off sick.
I think the fear for employers is the growing recognition of mental health care means that being signed off for weeks and remaining a protected employee, far outweighs the preemptive move to grant mental health days in advance.
We have a number of employees off currently with various issues and the goal is to get them back well and ready to fight for the business. The issue is there are probably a small minority who will take both, either because they need far more help than a day off here and there, or because they're taking the piss, and the ill feeling it creates in covering for colleagues who are off ill but still posting on Facebook or Instagram about getting bladdered at the Christmas markets or seeing the latest blockbuster movie - all perfectly legitimate if you're trying to get yourself well again mentally, but very inflammatory when seen by colleague who are working extra hours, missing kids nativities etc.
I was toying with the idea of moving to Canada at one point, but I think they are similar to the US in that you get next to nothing for time off and there seems to be a general culture of employer first, family second, hope that's changing a bit though. Met a Canadian couple in cuba a few years back and couldn't believe that they were taking a four day break to the Caribbean and that was nearly half their annual leave.
But I do get 28 days leave per year, somehow with kids it's still not enough but thankfully I work for a guy who is very flexible on working hours so it's never a problem for hospital appointments or kids off sick.
I think the fear for employers is the growing recognition of mental health care means that being signed off for weeks and remaining a protected employee, far outweighs the preemptive move to grant mental health days in advance.
We have a number of employees off currently with various issues and the goal is to get them back well and ready to fight for the business. The issue is there are probably a small minority who will take both, either because they need far more help than a day off here and there, or because they're taking the piss, and the ill feeling it creates in covering for colleagues who are off ill but still posting on Facebook or Instagram about getting bladdered at the Christmas markets or seeing the latest blockbuster movie - all perfectly legitimate if you're trying to get yourself well again mentally, but very inflammatory when seen by colleague who are working extra hours, missing kids nativities etc.
I was toying with the idea of moving to Canada at one point, but I think they are similar to the US in that you get next to nothing for time off and there seems to be a general culture of employer first, family second, hope that's changing a bit though. Met a Canadian couple in cuba a few years back and couldn't believe that they were taking a four day break to the Caribbean and that was nearly half their annual leave.
mexico1970
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Sorts the men from the boys.
Twenty odd years being self-employed and i've missed about 8 days. Gone in in some right states over the years.
If only people like you had joined the railway company ;-)
The Northern Baptist
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No one likes a fucking show off;-)
No showing off here!
Just can’t get my head around them having a couple of weeks off a year. Madness and a really poor standard of living.
Tuearts right boot
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Exactly the same here, It's quite sad really. It's only when you have to pay yourself do you realise Illnesses dont exsist and if you can drive to the doctors you can drive to work.I run my own business and have had five days off sick in 34 years!
hilts
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Speaks a man whose never got his Penis stuck in a vacuum cleaner.Exactly the same here, It's quite sad really. It's only when you have to pay yourself do you realise Illnesses dont exsist and if you can drive to the doctors you can drive to work.
Tuearts right boot
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Obviously there are exceptions....Speaks a man whose never got his Penis stuck in a vacuum cleaner.
idahoblues
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I take lots of those days off, just don’t get paid for them.At my work i get no days off, no sick pay and no 'rest' days..
Mad Eyed Screamer
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I bet that sucksSpeaks a man whose never got his Penis stuck in a vacuum cleaner.
Blue Maverick
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Brown noser ;)Funnily enough i'm having my do today. No argueing or fighting or snogging on the photocopier for me. Paid meself a 6k bonus on Saturday.