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Calling myself to call in sick would be weird yo [&:]

 

Never get to owning my own company

 

Its like the epsoide of family guy where he is the Sherrif of a hick town and he calls himself for the police.

 

i called in sick today [&:]but im actaully not feeling good. but in my last job i lost almost 400 $ worth of accrued sick time because i didnt use it before i left and they wouldnt pay me out for it only for my vacation time .. so now i use it whenever i can

 

Ah, the "Sickie", great Australian tradition.
http://www.careerone.com.au/jobs/job...-is-doing-well

 

Paid sick time is a benefit. Not using that is giving a full day of pay back into your employers pockets. Besides, it's "sick/personal" leave. A little personal health day is actually beneficial.

I call at mostly if: [ul][*]Sick...usually debilitating[*]If it's snowing...I work 50 miles away. A weeks worth of pay (deductable) isn't worth losing.[*]If I have an abundance of time coming to me and I'm about to lose time. (generally if I don't feel like going in) (but very rarely on a Monday or Friday)
[/ul]Now I also will work a few hours later every so often. So I really don't have any guilt over the matter.

 

Yea i was thinking about this today. I have 80 hours of vacation and 80 hrs of flex. issue is i can only carry 40 hours of flex into the new year. So i have 3 weeks to use 40 hrs and i won't beable to useor else all my OT is gone right now i'm sitting at 17 hours of overtime. Over the next 2 weeks i will have atleast 20 hrs of ot and it will all be gone if i call in sick. What to do?

 

lose the equivalent of a weeks worth of pay or half a week...Except on the level that 20 hrs is cold cash in your pocket....what is more important?

 

We also can't "carry over" more than one year of vacation or sick leave. Again, I chose to use time that is offered to me that I wouldn't have a need for. I rationalize it by telling myself that I am losing money if I don't use it. When you have overtime, your Uncle Sam rapes you on taxes. Hard call...

 

When you work for yourself, is it really calling in sick?

I am lucky enough to write my own schedule. Great for snowboarding in the winter, and being able to take off for those perfect days to go riding.