To send this email to work?

[Pleasehelpaicknessss]

"I am emailing to let you know that unfortunately I am feeling very unwell, after coming down with food poisoning symptoms late ast night. I am currently trying to book a doctor's appointment for later this morning and will do my best to come in later today if things improve at all; in the meantime, I am happy to work from home"

Really surprised at lots of these responses. We get paid sick days and everyone at my office emails when they are ill, I genuinely thought this was more the norm these days.

Agree depends on OPs workplace policy.

If your work policy is to call in sick (and most are) then call.

Don't say you'll work from home and don't say you'll be in this afternoon because both suggest you're not that ill, which it sounds like you are.

By all means provide an overview of your symptoms but don't suggest it is food poisoning unless you are sure it is. Much better to leave open the idea that it could be catching.

Emails are not allowed here because the person you email may be out of the office/ at a meeting/temporatrily uncontactable for whatever reason. They may even be off sick themselves!. You must call and speak to someone (preferably your line manager) so that they can ensure that HR are informed that you are taking sick leave.

We have had situations where an email has not been opened because someone is training/at a meeting all morning and team members have been looking/trying to contact the person who is off sick all morning. Call in. Make sure to mention anything that may be urgent that you should be dealing with that day but can't manage to so that it can be re-allocated or offer to make sure it gets done (if you are up to it)

Always ring in, it's common courtesy! If ever I'm off (I'm a teacher, I know it impacts massively at my school if I'm off but sometimes it really can't be helped!) I may do a bit of assessment if I'm up to it but generally unless I'm unable to get out of bed I drag myself in.
I've had food poisoning once, earlier this year...absolutely horrific! 4 full days I was bedbound/stuck in the ensuite...I probably should have stayed off another day as I was still not right when I dragged myself back! There was no working from home those days! I couldn't even tend to the one year old, DH had a job interview on the last day I was off and I just sobbed until he got home as I couldn't look after my lo for a couple of hours

Ps hope you feel better soon tho, rest and take it easy

"I am emailing to let you know that unfortunately I am feeling very unwell, after coming down with food poisoning symptoms late last night. I will not be in work today"

That is all you need to say. Preferable ring in and say it (personally I text my boss but I have been here forever). Forget all the stuff about the doctor, the working from home. You are allowed to be sick!! You are only human. Don't be too apologetic about it.

Hope you are feeling better soon. DD woke up with a dicky tummy this morning too.

In my past few jobs people just text or email when they are sick! Much easier. I haven't rang in sick for years.

Me too. I email.

I email too...

And I don't necessarily agree with those saying if you're ill, you're too ill to work from home. I have a 1 hour 45 minute journey to work (mixture of train and walking) which by the time I've gotten into the office sometimes feels almost like I've done half a day's work already. If eg when I've had a bad cold or when I was suffering from all day pregnancy nausea (definitely made worse by the train!), the thought of getting up, getting ready for work, travelling in and then of not getting home again for 12 hours was unbearable. Whereas the 30 seconds it took to get to my study and turn on my laptop I could manage. And it wasn't as though I could just pop home if I suddenly felt worse.

That said, I would definitely not be working from home if I had D&V!!

I haven't been off sick for a while (I am part time now not a Martyr - so can rejig hours if I need to be off) but I always used to email or text. Normally I'd message my direct manage as soon as it was a decent hour and then go back to bed.