https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:30:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-292176 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:05:27 +0000 heffalump 292176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I worked, I had to be really sick. Otherwise I'd always miss work. For me sick usually means migraine, and I always have a migraine. So it has to be a really really bad, I have to go to the ER or I can't lift my head off the couch migraine.</p> <p>Now it's the same for I won't call my mom or DH to come home and have them miss work to watch LO unless it's really really bad.... or they'd have to miss work all the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-292169 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:02:27 +0000 MamaG 292169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really sick... fever/vomitting. I don't get very much sick time and I don't want to be in a situation of needing it to care for LO because of not being able to be at daycare and not having it available. Also, since we might have LO2, I need to build up a bank to be able to get paid if I take another leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-292161 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:59:50 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 292161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd have to be deathly sick because my (previous) job involved mostly desk work and I can cancel clients and reschedule them so that I don't spread my disease. It's pretty easy for me to grab a coffee and stay at my desk all day with my illness.</p> <p>ETA: Our sick days and vacation days are different. We have 3 sick days and 2 weeks vacation so taking a sick day wouldn't be "wasting a vacation day" because they don't mix anyways. Unless, it's the end of the end, then we are allowed to combine them.</p> <p>My husband however, works in a medical office directly with nurses and staff and patients so when he's sick *at all*, he can't go. He can't risk spreading it throughout the office. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-292125 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:38:36 +0000 PurplePumps 292125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can't stand, keep my head up or food down sort of sick. Sorry, but we don't get sick days and I'm not wasting vacation days to sit around at home if I can still function at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-292013 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:31:50 +0000 kiddosc 292013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate it when people bring their germs into the office. If you're coughing up a lung and snotting all over everything, please stay home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291956 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:01:30 +0000 sunny 291956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I feel like I'm coming down with something I will stay home and either rest or work from home. Even though I have my own office I don't want to get everyone else sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291945 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:56:28 +0000 mrs. bird 291945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would have to be VERY sick not to come in. i'm a nanny, so if i call out it really screws things up for my bosses. most of the time when i get sick, it's something i catch from the LOs, so i don't worry too much about getting them sick since they've had it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291933 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:47:37 +0000 birdofafeather 291933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have my own office, so i would have to be pretty sick (like throwing up, can't move) as i don't get sick pay either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291885 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:17:23 +0000 chopsuey 291885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would call in sick if I was coughing/sneezing/runny nose/or fever<br /> I hate when peoPle come to the office and spread germs, so I used to stay away if I was germy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291883 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:13:46 +0000 Shutterbug 291883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can work from home, so unless I'm incapable of sitting on the couch in my pajamas and answering emails, etc, I don't call in sick. If I have a migraine or some kind of flu that leaves me asleep or in the bathroom all day then I'll call in then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291877 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:10:34 +0000 MamaMoose 291877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to be really sick. Most of the time that I am really sick I at least go into the office and show my face for a few hours. I do the things that NEED to get done that day, and I make sure everyone sees that I'm not faking it, and then I go home. I have a serious guilt complex and despite the fact that I have never once faked sick I worry that people will think I'm faking it if I don't come in for a little while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291871 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:08:15 +0000 Foodnerd81 291871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Forgot to mention-- when my cube neighbor was pregnant, I was really conservative about coming in when a little sick-- like if I had a cold, I'd work from home instead of bringing it in to infect her. We just sat way too close to risk it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291868 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:05:46 +0000 babynumber1 291868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never call in sick unless I am super sick. A few weeks ago I had appendicitis and was going to work. I thought that I just had a stomach bug and was planning on staying in my office all day. My husband made me go to the dr instead of work, which was a very good thing, since it ruptured that afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291857 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:56:27 +0000 wheres_c 291857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Snap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291855 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:55:37 +0000 wheres_c 291855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I'm somewhat of a hypocrite in this regard.<br /> I feel so guilty when I am sick and hate having to take off work.<br /> I also have such a weak immune system, I get SOOO angry when coworkers come in sick.<br /> I've been sick TWICE during this pregnancy thanks to inconsiderate coworkers. </p> <p>I think the company's HR policies influence this a lot. At my first job (working for the government), we had 2 weeks sick time AND 2 weeks vacation time. Because they weren't combined, it was in our best interest to actually use sick time when we were sick.</p> <p>At my current job, it's two weeks COMBINED PTO. Who wants to give up a potential day of vacation in exchange for staying home sick.</p> <p>I think I've found a happy medium. If I'm sick but not too sick to work - I ask to work from home. Then I don't get anyone else sick.<br /> If I am so sick that it makes it impossible to work, I give up one of my valuable PTO days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291845 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:49:15 +0000 ladyfingers 291845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I know I can't work -- whether it's a stomach flu or a stuffy head or a migraine -- I won't work. Luckily, my employers feel the same -- since they have two small children who are in the office, they'd rather you not bring your germs in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291844 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:48:45 +0000 Foodnerd81 291844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the option to work from home when I need to, so if I feel like I am coming down with something I just do that. It saves me an hour each way on the commute, so I get a little extra sleep, and I'm not spreading my germs to everyone else-- a huge pet peeve of mine. You're not helping anyone by coming in sick.<br /> I have to be really sick to take the day off entirely. We just get paid time off, whether it's for vacation or sick, so I hate to waste what could be a vacation day being under the weather. I've mostly only had to take a day when I throw my back out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291843 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:48:42 +0000 Rescuemom10 291843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont get actual "sick" days. Everything is paid time off...and I honestly dont get much at all. So I think in the 2.5 yrs I have been with this company I have called in sick once. I just hate wasting a day off on being sick when I dont get much PTO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291831 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:43:18 +0000 mrskc 291831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like Highwire, I find it best to spend a day of resting than trying to go to work sick. I just seem to prolong the sickness if I try to go in. Plus, no one in my office appreciates you spreading your germs. Everyone would prefer you stay home when you're sick than get everyone at the office sick too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291822 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:38:06 +0000 prettylizy 291822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's going to affect my productivity seriously, or if I could get anyone else sick, I'll stay home. I don't appreciate coworkers bringing germs in and getting me sick, so I try and not do it to them. I have been known to shut myself in my cubicle with a box of tissues and gallons of orange juice on occasion though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291817 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:34:12 +0000 DillonLion 291817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I know I am coming down with something serious, I'd rather just go ahead and take the day off. Usually one full day of solid rest really helps knock out whatever I'm dealing with. Otherwise, I drag myself to work for days and extend my illness a lot longer than if I would have just stayed home to begin with. I try not to feel guilty when I take a day off, but I still do a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291816 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:33:26 +0000 pinkcupcake 291816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really sick as well. I have probably only called out sick like twice a year for a really bad flu. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291810 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:31:03 +0000 BananaPancakes 291810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really sick. Like 103+ fever or throwing up. I have that horrible problem of feeling guilty if I miss work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-sick-do-you-have-to-be-to-miss-work#post-291807 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:29:09 +0000 Mrs. Bee 291807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started feeling sick last night, and woke up feeling horrible this morning. But luckily I don't have to go into the office, so working from home is not so bad even when you're sick. If I did have to go into the office, I wondered if I would stay home. I think I probably would have. 12 days after returning from our trip, I'm still jetlagged and I think it just finally wore me down!</p> <p>How sick do you have to be to miss work? </p>