I've started a new job. I've been there since August but I'm in a 6 month probation period.
The job is a mix of working from home and travelling.
I have some sort of horrible virus, chesty cough, temperature, shivers, headache - I feel dreadful.
If I was working from home tomorrow I'd be ok and I could just get on the sofa with a blanket and my laptop, but that's not the case.
I have to get up at 6am, leave the house at 7, take a 2.5 hour train to London, get the tube across London and then a train out to Burgess Hill which is just under and hour. Then attend an internal meeting till half three and then make the same journey back, getting home about 10pm. Plus there's the Southern Rail issue to factor in to things.
I don't want to ring in sick when I'm new and on probation but I really don't think I can handle the day. I could offer to VC in to the meeting and I could do other work from home. I'm really torn. The role feels a little precarious and as I'm on probation I'm only on a week's notice and I would be royally screwed if they let me go or I didn't pass probation.
WWYD? :(
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catgirl1976 · 18/12/2016 11:45
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