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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
You call sick in advance?  |
Yes, you can here, assuming that is for a medical reason (eg. you have a doctor's appointment or some such).
Sick leave accumulates here. When I left my last job I had more sick leave than I had long service leave accumulated (and with 19 years service, that was a fair whack). The difference is, when I left, my annual and long service leave accumulations got paid out. My sick leave didn't. Some see this as an "incentive" to use their sick leave. Thus, the "sickie" (it can just mean a "sick day", but it's often used with a nudge and a wink to mean a sick day taken when not sick).
Some days I worked through migraines. Sometimes I'd have the next day off, telling the boss "You owe me!", and, with a nudge and a wink, he was fine with it. Hell, with the days and hours I'd work, I could tell him on particularly bad days that, "I need a day off, or permission to have someone eradicated, paid for with company funds". I got the day off, no problem.
The Loved One had a massive heart attack early on (age: 34). He had to have months off work. I was always conscious of that (we'd worked together for a few years by then), and I wanted sick leave in reserve should something bad befall me. I lost that accumulation when I was given a DCM, but I always felt good having it there when I was employed.
Cheers,
Marc