[Benjamin]

Yesterday i rang in sick, I'd been throwing up, had a tight chest, etc and don't know why.

I rang my boss to say that I couldn't make it into work. Rather than be sympathetic he gave me 20 questions such as was I drinking the night before, why I was ill, etc etc and you could tell he was not believing I was genuinely ill.

One, I'm ill, those questions can wait till I come back to work, I was in no mood to have a twenty min convo over phone with him.

and two, how the hell dare he imply I'm skivving, when I work my arse of there, do about 50 hours a week, never call in sick and still was in work on Sunday when I found out my uncle died?? It really riled me that he was so rude and sarcastic on the phone.


Aggggggggggggjhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!


Sorry, had to get this off my chest.

But does anyone else find this with their employer when they ring in sick?

[pinkmichk]

when i dislocated my knee my boss didnt believe me even when i turned up to give her note from hospital to say i would need 2 weeks off i was on crutches and had a leg long support bandage on she still didnt believe me
it is a bit much them just presuming espically if your a really good worker who doesnt have much time off
hope you feel better soon

[Fom]

You can't blame them though, no one is sick on their sickies these days!

[andyman]

They know you had too much to drink lastnight.

[Captain.Remy]

I always provide with a paper from the doctor so the boss can't tell me anything wrong.

[Fangz]

Oh god one of our managers is like that, and even when he believes you are ill, he still doesn't think it's bad enough for you to be off work. He once gave an employee WHO WORKS WITH FOOD hell for calling in sick with gastro-enteritis FFS!

[chanchan]

maybe you shouldnt ring and just let your friend ring for you.
that way you dont get all the questions while youre sick
also maybe they dont believe you because of all the ******* that pretend.

[IsleOfWeather]

It is because he is your boss and not your mother

[Mikel]

They need workers.

[Marc]

its because so many others pull sickies for silly reasons.

I once phoned in saying i couldn't come in because I had just learned that my dog had died at the vets,.. I was in tears on the phone. I think they might have known that was genuine!

[Dylan]

I dont work yet, so dont have much experiance with bosses, but my friends all tell me that they're bosses are *****s

[bronaaaa]

Yeah, a girl in my class got fired when she rang in sick

[Nurse57]

Speaking as an ex boss. Staff take the piss if they think you are a soft touch. Who here has never phoned in sick when they are ok to work? I know I have.

The way I worked it was that I expected honesty. If you were so hungover from a night out, tell me. Fine. Have the day off. It happens. What use would a hung over stinking of beer worker be anyway.

But, don't make a habbit of it and expect the favour to be called in at some point. I need you to work late or on a sunday, I would expect you to play fair. It worked well.

Never get someone to call in sick for you. Even if you are on the operating table having your spleen removed, you should make the call.

[Sod_James]

my work is the same. I work my arse of all week for them but when im sick they act is if iv commited some major crime.

its cos like loads of ppl pull sickies so ppl who are genuinly ill get the same treatment as those who skive.

[the_watcher87]

If you aren't off sick too often they will usually believe you, at least that's the way it has worked for me over the years.

[Princess]

They never believe anything.

When my uncle died,they told me I didn't need to come in and they're sort everything out.I got a call a few days later and they were like 'Where the hell are you,you have to ring in if you're sick' I was so pissed off.

[KillER]

becausse of people like me who fake it all the time

[spitfire]

I get four weeks paid sick pay per year(i phoned in sick from benidorm last summer .)I make sure i take every last day of them added to my five weeks hols per year.I get nine weeks off.

[Sunny_01]

Originally posted by spitfire
I get four weeks paid sick pay per year(i phoned in sick from benidorm last summer .)I make sure i take every last day of them added to my five weeks hols per year.I get nine weeks off.

Which is exactly why those of us that dont pull sickies get grief when we really are ill.

I am with Nurse here, your methods of working sound fair, honesty is the only thing I would expect as well.

[Tom]

This is why I'm not cut out for work and will probably never get a proper job (well office type or whatever anyway). I hate people having power over me