How many days off sick have you had this year?

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Ive had 3 and I've been told that's high. I had 2 days (back to back) back in Feb due to suspected mild pnumonia. I worked from home for a week before but 2 days I could barely move let alone work.
I've had one more day recently due to a cold. I was coughing up a lot of gung and it triggered my gag reflex and I was sick so they send me home.

I work for a very small company so I think only one other person had had a sick day but so far I've had the most. It's definitely more noticeable in a small team too so I don't want to be seen as a piss taker.

So, is that a lot in the space of 6 months? How many have you had?

None! 2 days in last two years, though.

1 due to back problems.

Last employment was 2 in 5 yrs.

DH has a record os 0 days in 24 yrs.

One half day when I had a migraine and went home at lunchtime. Nothing in the three years before that, but I've been very lucky. I did have two weeks with swine flu in 2009, and then 9 weeks with anxiety in 2014. Apart from that, the odd day for actual vomit or occasional Nigerian.

MIGRAINE

The time you’ve had off doesn’t sound excessive and it may well be justified but I have had no time off sick all year most years and there must be others like me so compared to me you would have had a lot of time off IYSWIM

But if you’re ill, you’re ill, and maybe this year has just been a bad year in that sense

How much time have you had off sick in previous years?

Tell your friend to do one. Everyone gets unwell sometimes and it’s often down to luck as to whether you catch something and it prevents you from working.

One this year, I was being sick all night and day.

0!

22 sick day's in 25 year's, i hate being off work except for holiday's

Loads, but i have a chronic illness that is life limiting.....not life limiting enough to get PIP though according to DWP.....so i have to struggle on until work get rid of me or i die!

Since May 2017 i have had two days when i had really bad flu and no voice

None this year (touch wood now!) And one in the last 5. Had 3 weeks the year before that for gall bladder removed and quite a few sick days leading up to that.
Had my tonsils out at 24 and had a lot of sick before then because a cold used to make me really ill and always led to tonsillitis. I pretty much breeze through colds now because I remember how it used to be when I got one and am grateful I don't have to put up with that any more! Doesn't mean I should go to work though really, spreading it around but if I don't work I don't get paid so it's more a case of having to really than actually wanting to or through some sort of martyrdom.
Compared to some of my colleagues, yours isn't particularly high though I don't think.

50-60. I have bipolar disorder. Some years I have no time off, others it's a few weeks. This is the most time off I have had. There has been no question about me getting in any trouble- my colleagues have been so kind and put me under no pressure at all to come back before I'm ready. I'm a consultant psychiatrist. I actually felt more pressure to be at work as a junior doctor because you have to extend your training if you have more than two weeks off in a year. Think I should be allowed to claim CPD points for being ill because it's taught me more useful stuff for work than the MRCPsych exams did...

None. A lot better than last year when I had an eye infection.

1 for depression. although I probably need six months off at least.

I don't think 3 is high. I wish some of my colleagues would have more sick days instead of spreading it around the office. I'd rather cover work than be ill.

None in 5 years.

But yours doesn't seem that bad.

2 days, last week. First time in ages, probably over 2 years. I had a shitty, heavy cold. I can usually get through a normal cold but my head was literally leaking gunk from every orifice, my eye swelled shut and I couldn't see my computer screen for all the streaming. So I gave in and lay on the sofa moaning gently for two days.

2 day in eight years

1 day this year (did my back in so took the last day off before I was off for 5 days anyway so possibly would’ve been more without that)

3 days off sick in 11 years, dragged myself in all other times

Which I’m starting to realise does not mean I should be proud of my sick record, I should be kicking myself for not looking after myself properly.

3, I think.

I’m lucky to work for a company that pays full sick pay, and discourages presenteeism. When you’re sick, you’re sick, and expected to stay home, get better, and keep your germs to yourself.

None this year. Last time I had time off sick was sept 2017 with a stomach bug.

None, have only had one day off with current employer (8 years) and that was for a minor op. I go in whatever and stick a sign on my office saying enter at your own risk! I work alone

None.

Think it sounds like a lot to have already.

None this year but that’s just luck that I haven’t been ill.

If I think of my colleagues, all bar 1 doing the same role as me have had at least 2 days off, some as much as 4 weeks.

Yours doesn’t sound that high.

None. 3 occasions at our office would trigger our disciplinary policy unless there were mitigating factors. I'm public sector.