Aliens and or The Last Southern Humans with WORK Ethics

[BrazilianY60]

Never took a sick day in my life. Only work day I have ever missed was for mourning. My boss sent me back home because I was clearly disturbed.

On the other hand, I totally understand when it is someone's child sick, not themselves. There is nothing more valuable and purposeful on the life of a decent human then their children. I´ll take my peers work any day any night if they´re suffering for their kids.

[Brissieboy]

Not sure if it is allowed these days, but a place where a friend used to work was paid their sick leave 'entitlement' on top of their usual pay so when they had a day off they did not get paid for that day. Oddly enough, it made a big difference to absenteeism.

[BrazilianY60]

Not sure if it is allowed these days, but a place where a friend used to work was paid their sick leave 'entitlement' on top of their usual pay so when they had a day off they did not get paid for that day. Oddly enough, it made a big difference to absenteeism.

Here in Brazil it is like that. You are paid 30 days work in a month, although not working on Sundays. Sunday is called "paid rest". When a person miss a days work, on his paycheck he will have two days less - the one he missed and the paid rest. It is assumed that the person has had enough rest already and don't need the Sunday...

[mudski]

I only have 5 staff at work including myself and due to sick days I have not had full staff for 2 months. The one who takes the piss the most is in his 60s.
They all get shitty with each other for making them all have to cover for the person who is "sick" but have no issue in doing it themselves.

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Yeah that would piss me off. The good thing at our work, even though we are stretched thin, if someone is away, we all just step up to the plate and get the job done, no complaints from anyone.

[Maxhead]

Got to take sickies to go hunting, don’t you?


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[Hodge]

Got to take sickies to go hunting, don’t you?


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But what about Golf and fishing cause the bay will be glassy tomorrow?! Surely that qualifies?

[Maxhead]

But what about Golf and fishing cause the bay will be glassy tomorrow?! Surely that qualifies?

100% mate, any excuse works for me


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[MudRunnerTD]

25 years ago I ran my own business. I had about 25 full time staff and covering lost time was nearlly impossible. I decided sick leave sucked so I offered every employee their full sick leave entitlement broken down into an hourly rate on top. This meant that for those that never took sickies got paid for them regardless, those likely to take a sickie would loose a day. It was cheaper to pay everyone their full entitlement than cover the lost time. Every staff member signed up and I had a remarkably healthy workforce that never took sickies!!! Saved me a fortune. Lol

[Hodge]

All giggles aside...
While I don't share the enthusiastic soldier-on machoism, i can imagine it being a absolute cu#t for smaller / family business when theres a no show. Missing cog in the gear box and tail shaft ain't spinning, at best of times. Let alone in these last few years. A relative recently shut his sparky business of 23 years down, much fed by not being able to find bodies to work and the rest fed by minor sniffles requiring a 20 minute strip test which somehow apparently take 48 hours for some people... It's s#it.

I'm mighty guilty of "soldier on" princess attitude. 2 decades of current job and can count on 2 hands the sickies i HAD to pull, much of them , as Brazilian said, because my son needed me. I've climbed poles and towers with horrible colds, shivering and shaking, partly broken thumb, badly sprained ankles and a fukced back.
At some point i thought, you absolute morron. Who am was i doing this for? Not very many bosses out there will give you a pat and thank you for carrying on. I certainly never met one.
Small example...
My industry is renowned for people having rooted lower backs, much of it early on in the career, due to hanging of harnesses and climbing all day. It hits 90% of us. Much of those just carried on not looking after their sore back . Now the "older" and retired are all rich with $$$ and time, but can't take their much deserved caravan trip around Aus, because they cant drive for more than half an hour without being in severe pain. I don't wanna be a part of that statistic.

Where i work we have big numbers so, a no show here and there just gets absorbed. So due to this there is a lot "taking the piss" sickies almost daily. And the management aren't whipping hard enough to weed this attitude out. Lot of them have no idea of grass condition over the fence (small businesses as an example like MB said).
I reckon there should be a strike system. 2 go's and you're out! There's the gate...

So personally, if i'm genuinely debilitated, you won't see me bowing to anyone.

[Winnie]

It seems like illness and work absences are hitting everyone extremely hard as late.
I've got 2 off today, which means the 3 of us left are just going to have to swim like f**k just to be able to do the bare minimum to survive the day, then hopefully catch up another time. However those 2 that are off are genuinely sick.
Is this all the aftermath of forcing everybody to stay home, wear face masks and sanitise like crazy for the last 2 and a half years? Everybody's immune system is shot to shit. We never really bothered too much with mask wearing or hand sanitising, and there has been bugger all illness in our house lately.

Eat well, drink water, and get some fresh air folks!