I've called in sick

I'd much rather they stayed at home than passed it on to others in the office, that's completely selfish and irresponsible to put others in that position.

The real question here is "I don't like my boss because they've taken away hybrid working and aren't very good at social niceties, aibu"
It sounds like the best solution for everyone is to wfh when you're that kind of ill, reality is, you'll have already spread the bug across the office plus you've had to take a day off. You're boss also obviously isn't a particularly empathetic or caring person from the sound of it, which is probably why you didn't push through, plus they've removed the best mechanism for people still working when they're not 100% (wfh), so I can see why you decided not to go in. Personally I hate colds in the office, always catch them and it results in more sickness/time off overall across the team as everyone goes down like dominoes

There's a petition here if you would like to sign for improved mitigations against airborne infections in health settings. Hopefully it will mean both staff and patients get sick less and less staff are put in this position :-(
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700304

I hope you wore a mask when you were in work with cold symptoms, we need to look out for colleagues and customers. Really it would be a good idea to do a covid test too. You were right to stay off today. Hope you feel better soon

You’re a grown ass woman. I’m sure your boss has better things to do than worry about your cold and whether you’re going to be in or not. You wouldn’t be in on my watch though. My exec came in last year “unable to breathe” and gave me whooping cough, she was double vaccinated. Turned out I wasn’t vaccinated due to a scare in 1977. I’d say it was the sickest I’ve ever been but then I got sepsis and had an emergency op. Fun year. Colds are a pain but you’ll live.

Ah sorry you are ill OP, my advice would be stay at home for the next few days until you feel well enough to feel that you are over it. I recently retired but when I was working I got many colds etc from people who thought they were well enough to go in or thought it was fine to go to work when they should have stayed off.

I don’t think you are being unreasonable at all to stay home if you are sick but if it’s because your boss didn’t ask how you were when it was obvious or if you are well to be there then I think you might be being a tad unreasonable. If you turn up for work you are saying that you are well enough to be there otherwise you would be at home surely.
Hope you feel better soon.

Wow!!! No need!!! Of course everyone knows how ridiculous that policy is in the NHS and it says nothing about someone’s clinical knowledge!! Feel free to come and work with us and fight it or change it 🤣

If we all did this then the economy would grind to a halt. Fair enough for a heavy cold where you feel shivery with a pounding head, but absolutely not for a mild cold. Many people don't get paid either and cannot afford to be off work with a mild cold.

Massive difference between working with a cough, sore throat, sniffing runny nose and having a full on head cold
Just say you've now got a fever as well so you're not coming in

I'm not going to fuss over anyone if they've turned up for work, and panda to them doing a 'are you sure you should be here' dance.

They're a working adult. If they've turned up they are well enough, and if they find they are not, they'll be letting me know they're going home.

Please don't expect your bosses to mother you.

NB: I'm actually a really caring boss, but you come across like a child.

Once you have shown up to work, no boss will fuss over you because you have turned up unwell.
Once you up, dressed & present at work, they assume you are well.
I myself have made this mistake once with pneumonia, once with severe tooth abcess, the flu and after a tooth removal. Should not of gone in them 4 incidents of unwellness.
Use your sick leave when needed. Hope you feel better soon.

Have you been living in a cave since 2020? We just went through a pandemic, where distancing yourself from other people was essential when you had the lurgy. That mentality needs to live on. I am going on holiday next week and I wouldn't appreciate somebody sick being in my presence because they are scared of upsetting their master.

This thread is brought to you by...capitalism; striking the fear of God into workers since the 17th century.

Get a grip and stay at home.

You can’t win with sickness. Just remember that it’s probably the same people, posh right wingers, who both whinge about you going in with a sniffle and about the huge ‘loss of productivity’ caused by people taking time off ill. That and the ‘40% of sick days are Mondays and Fridays’ joke.

A rule of thumb which someone told me years ago and has served me well with colds is that if you feel your temperature is going up and down then it’s time to call in sick. The sweat comes from the same cause as temperature fluctuations. A few days and you’ll be fine!

So either you were ill enough that you wanted your boss to acknowledge that you still came into work soldiering on or you weren't particularly ill 🤷‍♀️

If you’re sick stay home. I find it very selfish when sick people come to work and make me sick, all for the sake of powering through.

These are the correct procedures to follow to ensure no cross contamination in my hospital.

Wipe out your whole workplace. Nice one.

NotBloodyGivingupYet thank you.
I do of course encourage anyone ill with a cold, to avoid spreading germs. By wearing a mask, washing their hands regularly and using disinfectant rub etc. That is all that is required, they don't need to ring in sick.

Clearly most of you have never worked in retail or care, where you are told you affect your residents, and staffing levels, and try to be convinced to going in.
or shops where you are told affects their ability to open or not .
Never done office type work

She never once asked if I was OK or made the kind of "should you be here?" enquiries other did, and believe me it was obvious I wasn't well.

But if my boss had shown a bit more interest yesterday I might have pushed through...

Are you 17 and your boss is actually your mum? If not you are very unreasonable to expect this level of interest about your cold from your boss and then stay off purely because she didn't fuss over you! Presumably she thinks you are capable of deciding if you are able to fuction properly and doesn't need to mother you over a cold, snotty or not!

Thank you for what you did then, and for what you continue to do.
I'm surprised that given this experience you aren't encouraging those who can, to avoid spreading viruses to others, to try and stop that nightmare from happening again.
I'm truly sorry that the NHS is so broken that its staff continue to be used and abused in this way.

Totally irresponsible of the company, particularly in retail where you are public facing and potentially coming across hundreds of vulnerable people every day.

I would be complaining, informing the union if there is one, and/ or trying to get a group of colleagues together to campaign against that ridiculous policy. If I could, I would be finding a new job.

And I still wouldn't go into work coughing. You could infect someone who is really vulnerable and will become seriously ill.

We have to get approval to WFH when ill, its only really allowed if you are in recovery or have a sniffle. This was brought in because my colleagues were WFH when they were extremely unwell (heavy colds etc) and management were concerned for our wellbeing. To be honest, if you are too sick to come work then you shouldnt be WFH either, you should rest up.