Have you ever felt guilty for taking a day off work because you felt ill?
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Have you ever felt guilty for taking a day off work because you felt ill? I had to take a day off work today, due to being very close to vomiting in my toilet this morning, (although I managed to hold it in). This evening however, I feel rather guilty for taking a day off work, as by the afternoon, I began to feel much better again. 
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If I thought I'd got a bug that I could pass on I would take time off (I'd still feel guilty though) It's usually the patients who come in with bugs they're likely to give me - luckily, I'm relatively immune to kiddy bugs now! If I worked in a hospital environment I'd probably be more likely to take time off with colds if I got them.
If I'm generally feeling yucky e.g. migraine (I'm lucky that I don't throw up with mine), IBS etc I tend to go in.
On the other hand, though, I've had to cover for people phoning in sick so many times in the last couple of months I don't think I will feel guilty if I have to phone in sick again.
Yep, it certainly would be! Fingers crossed that never happens... :eek:
If your location didn't say Durham, I would swear you worked with me asyou posted pretty much word for word what I would say!
|Although I haven't been off sick since April 2011 so I definitely shouldn't feel guilty if I'm genuinely ill!
Last time i was off work it was for six months, but i was on a section, they didnt leave the job open but i cant blame them, was sad as i loved the job.
I've done that....whilst waiting for a baby to deliver, had to dash out of the room, my colleague took over & when I returned it was all over.
Same!
It wasnt the first time i had had to go into hospital no, but it was the longest, they were very good to keep me as long as they did to be fair, ten years
If I'm ill enough to be off sick, then off sick I shall be. I feel no guilt as my health comes before any other consideration.
It infuriates me and my co-workers when people come into work when they're clearly not fit to be there, almost as if they're acting like some hero.
They're stupid, and the most they'll achieve is making themselves feel worse, and then being off for longer, and also potentially making other people ill if they're sick with a virus.
The whole 'feeling guilty for being off sick' mentality we have in this country is a stupid throwback to the 19th century and needs to be kicked into touch.