why do you always feel so guilty?
I have only been at this job about 11/12 weeks and i've had to ring in sick twice! first time i had a sickness bug and today i have a cold, but a bad tummy with it and i keep loosing my breath so cant be running up and down stairs all night!
i rang in sick and they were really llike 'oh, well when will u be back, i guess i will try and find cover' =o| i feel so guilty about it, but i work in care and if i have got flu or something i could bloomin kill some of the poor old folk off in i went in!
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I think you did exactly the right thing phoning in hun, like you say if you went in then you would put more vulnerable people at risk of catching what you have. If they dont like it then stuff em I say xx

I think everybody feels the same.

I have been so ill before with a chest infection and you could clearly hear it, but I still felt bad. I had to go home once because I had a really bad case of flu and I still felt bad, even though they could clearly see I was really poorly.

I also found that I used to get a stern response when I called in sick from my boss. Luckily, she left and I ended up getting her job so I didnt have to worry about it after that.

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It's gets me mad when your sick and you feel guilty for ringing in sick. You could pass it on then other people will get it and be off. X

For many reasons, bad bosses / management usually = staff feel guilt when needing time off... in my experience anyway!

Anyhoo, hope you feel better and -any other calls to work- I'm pretty sure is legally an OH job xx

I hate this, they are the same at my work. One of the receptionists rang in as her dog had a tumor and was dying and needed emergancy treament, and the manager said "Well its just a dog, why do you need the day off?".... I'm not much of a dog person but even I thought that was pretty heartless xx

i feel the same when i ring in, mind you they are usually mardy pratts with us if we ring in sick.
'hi im not coming in today, iv had a car accident'...hufff okkkaaayyy then 'sigh'

your totally right, i bet they wouldnt be happy if you went in sharing your lurgey

Oh I am the odd one out...I don't feel guilty at all. If I am sick enough to be off work then that is just the way it is.

i don't feel guilty, i always feel worried that they'll think i'm just fibbing!

i think thats why i feel guilty cos i think they will think im lying!
and its even worse when you know you need to pop out for something like milk bread etc lol, yes i am ill but my kids still need to eat!

i think they make you feel so bad at my place because they have to pay lmost twice as much an hour to get an agency carer in!
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I called in sick quite alot especially when i was pregnant i caught everything and was so sick and i worked with food and they use to get so angry with me. But if i went in and ran to the loo throwing up they sent me home and told me off for coming in. dickheads

lol i worked in a kitchen once and they told me i wasn't allowed to go home until the end of my shift once when i was puking up every half hour for no known reason!
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