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AIBU?

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AIBU To be really pissed off at my colleagues!

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Geekmama · 26/03/2016 22:16

All last week certain colleagues Decided to come in to work even though they were very poorly, they got told that they should go home but they decided to stay. I have now missed my easter holiday weekend with my Family as I'm so ill. I'm so incredibly pissed off and hope They are having a really shitty easter. Am I U the Next time that I'm ill to "accidentally" sneeze all over them?

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JamieVardysParty · 27/03/2016 12:29

One irritating colleague did this once.

Came in with a stomach bug, proceeded to D&V in the ONE shared toilet before vomming in the bin next to her desk.

Told her outright how unreasonable she was for coming in and risking not only infecting us but also our families.

Our boss had a premature newborn who was still in hospital at this point and he went spare at her.

HermioneJeanGranger · 27/03/2016 13:04

I was at work sick last week. I had a horrible cold but I get absolutely no sick pay (except SSP but not until the fourth day) and I can't afford to lose money. If our company had a decent sick pay policy it might be different.

I caught said cold from another colleage who equally couldn't afford time off. It spread like wildfire but when you have bills and a mortage to pay, you often don't have the choice but to work.

tinyterrors · 27/03/2016 14:17

It's bloody annoying when people go to work ill and pass it on to everyone else.

It will continue until all workplaces have a decent sick leave allowance. I don't know anyone who gets paid sick leave, except ssp for more then three days off sick. Everyone I know has the type of job that can't be done from home (retail, construction, manual work).

My dh has to go to work unless he physically can't get out of bed or had d&v because he doesn't get any sick pay, can't work from home and we can't afford for him to have unpaid time off for a cough or cold that he can work through. Luckily he hardly ever gets anything other than a cold.

I had to have two weeks off with flu, I couldn't get out of bed I was so ill. I had three days with no pay, then ssp and it's stuffed us up financially for the next six months.

It's annoying because most illnesses are picked up at work but we're all in the same situation and can't afford not to work if we're physically able.

tinyterrors · 27/03/2016 14:19

Work will let us use annual leave to cover sick days but then we'd end up stuck over school holidays. It's a no win situation.

Bogeyface · 27/03/2016 19:13

I am afraid that I cant get worked up about people going to work with colds. I get that its annoying when it gets passed on but colds are just part of life, and cant really be avoided. Lets face it, if we all took time off for colds we would spend more time out of work than it over winter!

However, anyone who goes in with D&V should be strung up as that is just bloody stupid and selfish.

AuntJane · 27/03/2016 19:33

It is an employer's legal responsibility to provide a "safe working environment" for their employees. This includes minimising the risk of serious infection.

If anyone comes into work with a serious infection (e.g. D&V, flu, etc.) the manager should send them home.

Stokes · 27/03/2016 20:29

I find it extremely annoying when people take a day or two off for a cold. It lasts a week or two anyway, so we're all going to catch it as it is. It's just a cold, it's rare they're bad enough to need to be in bed, so get up, take some day nurse and come to work!

Had a guy complaining recently as no one asked after him when he came back in after one day off sick. With a cough. Not like he was coughing up a lung the next day either.

wheresthel1ght · 27/03/2016 20:48

I would never go into work with d&v however cold/cough is not a good enough reason to stay home. I get no sick pay and my company are very strict. I am up for disciplinary action because I had a week off with full blown flu and went back to work with a cough virus (post in employment issues regarding it) after 2 bouts of dependants leave because dd has a d&v virus twice before Xmas and gave it to do who then passed it to me.

Yes it's irritating but if they are not at deaths door most people will go to work because the consequences of not doing so are quite literally loss of their job period.

AnUtterIdiot · 27/03/2016 21:05

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jamdonut · 27/03/2016 21:16

Working in a school is a minefield. If I was off sick every time I picked up one the kid's colds I would never be at work!!! (Let alone get paid!)
So colds, unless I'm really,really unwell with it, or really snotty ,coughing and spluttering, I tend to carry on. Stomach bugs, on the other hand...we, like the kids ,have to be off for 48 hours after the last bout of D+V.
Mind you, these things usually wait till the school holidays....

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Geekmama · 27/03/2016 23:20

They didn't have a Cold it was Full blown flu! I could understand if there was issues with sick pay, but my company is good with all of that. there could of chosen to work from home but they decide to spread there germs instead. Because of this, I've missed the whole Easter weekend with my family. On a plus point Did get to watch lots of Grey's Anatomy tho

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Dollymixtureyumyum · 27/03/2016 23:29

If you want to understand why people come into work when sick google the Bradford Sickness Score. Only company has used it that I have worked for but it is a total shit unfair system.

I got penalised for having 6 separate days off in a year (4 of these where only half days as I have seizures and can quite often come into work after having them) and got a written warning. My colleague who had seven months off all at once for a bad back and incidentally was posting on Facebook about her partying and holidays and sport activities got no warning.

It's to stop people taking odd days off when they are tired of hungover but it does not take in account conditions such as migraines or seizures when the person may be more prone to having odd days off rather than weeks at a time.

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Geekmama · 27/03/2016 23:32

Dolly that sounds awful! I will have a Google.

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lamiashiro · 27/03/2016 23:36

It makes me properly cross when employees insist on coming in when they're sick, and employers insisting that they do so*. You are not effective and you will infect everyone else. It's ludicrous to try and bully people into coming in when they're sick and just as bad for people to drag themselves in knowing they will pass it on but insistent on being able to proudly state that they've never taken a day off sick and anyone who does is a pathetic malingerer.

*Disclaimer: I understand that not everyone is in full time employment and/or gets paid for being off sick, I am talking about my experience which is not that.

tiggytape · 27/03/2016 23:57

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WanderingNotLost · 28/03/2016 01:04

I suspect there is something in the British working culture that discourages people taking sick leave.

No shit!

I used to work in a call centre that used the Bradford thing and sickness-related disciplinary procedures, as well as being incredibly strict about adhering to log-in times and off-call and break duration. People would come in and literally vomit in the bin under their desk. Wouldn't surprise me if it's still like that. I peaced out of there pretty quickly!

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