Swine Flu

[Fayshun]

Originally Posted by iCraig

Another reason I'm glad I work from home. I really get annoyed at people who insist on coming into a stuffy office when they're ill with something like the flu, or a nasty cold.

Go away. Nobody wants you snotting all over the place just so you can say "Never had a day off" Stop being a jobsworth and go home and stay there until you're better, like a normal person.

Some of us don't get the pleasure of sick pay for the 1st 3 days of any time off, and by then, the worst of a cold is over.

Stop being a whiner, it's only a cold, suck it up and take paracetomol like a normal person.

[iCraig]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

Some of us don't get the pleasure of sick pay for the 1st 3 days of any time off, and by then, the worst of a cold is over.

Stop being a whiner, it's only a cold, suck it up and take paracetomol like a normal person.

Life's a bitch though, if you're ill, you're ill. You shouldn't pass it along to others just because you want the wages for those few days. It depends largely on the job, but if you're in close proximity to others I think it should be a consideration. Would I want them giving something to me?

[Tak]

Originally Posted by iCraig

but if you're in close proximity to others I think it should be a consideration. Would I want them giving something to me?

They probably gave it to me in the first bloody place!

[Fayshun]

Originally Posted by iCraig

Life's a bitch though, if you're ill, you're ill. You shouldn't pass it along to others just because you want the wages for those few days. It depends largely on the job, but if you're in close proximity to others I think it should be a consideration. Would I want them giving something to me?

I don't really get the choice, I'm exposed almost daily to scabies, Hep C, lice, fleas, alleged "swine flu", etc. etc.

And if one does have flu (swine or otherwise) work (even for me) will be the last thing you're going to be doing.

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

Some of us don't get the pleasure of sick pay for the 1st 3 days of any time off, and by then, the worst of a cold is over.

Indeed which is why I've always gone into work with a cold if I have been able to. If I take time off sick, I am genuinely too sick to get into work, period.

Perhaps if I did have a soft touch employer who gave full paid sick leave from day one, it would be a different story. I think giving it from day one is too open to abuse personally.

[Psymonkee]

I get sick leave from day 1 but only after being with the company for 3 years

(maybe that should be )

[Will]

Simple - don't get ill.

[dirtydog]

I rarely do but sometimes it happens to us all, hence I have had to take time off work a few times in my life unfortunately. Once or twice for a cold/flu, once for a bad back (the pain which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy).

[Will]

Work are pretty reasonable in terms of sick pay - too reasonable if you ask me. Fortunately my managers don't get sick, though some of our staff do in the most flagrant of ways and they do nothing much about it... until I tell them to. It's frustrating.

[Pebs]

If someone has real flu they're not getting out their front door let alone into work. And by the time people are sneezing and coughing they've already passed it on, it's my understanding that the most infectious period is before symptoms start!

Pheebs is poorly. Sore throat, diarrhoea, headache. I've inspected her for a curly tail which she didn't find amusing at all. Based on this fact alone I'd say she's fine.