DD going off sick again!?

[Ajjick]

DD was off work for 3 weeks (she’s a teen, pt job) as she had an ankle injury).

She went back for 2 shifts and now is going off again today as she vomited this morning.

She was off a couple of months ago too.

Sigh, she’s never going to keep this job.

If she's sick, she's sick.

She had a run of bad luck.

Nothing can be done about that.

Why don't you look after her a little bit and see if she feels better instead of moaning on the internet?

The world isn't going to stop turning because a 16year old got a tummy bug.

She should be focusing on feeling better, not being harassed by her mother.

I do think it's a little more of a grey area than 'she's saying she's ill therefore she's definitely too sick to work and nobody should say anything about it beside she can't help it and that's just how it goes sometimes and workplaces should understand', especially with someone new to the workforce.

The fact is, if everyone who'd been sick or sprained a bone stayed off work then the economy would collapse. There are occasions where you're genuinely too ill to be at work, and situations where you may feel poorly but you could and should still go in and do the best you can, even if you end up getting sent home. And given that she's had so much time off in such a short space of time I don't think it will help her to push the 'don't worry dear you're unwell therefore they'll understand and stay off as long as you need to'. I know at her age I sometimes needed a kick up the arse from my parents telling me my job was more important than the discomfort of a working day feeling queasy for the short term.

Fully support anyone being too unwell to work but there are also people who'll take a week off for a cold or use a sprained ankle as an excuse for a fortnight off even with a desk job. I'd be concerned if a daughter of mine was taking days off for being sick if they already had a troubling sick record. She won't necessarily vomit again!

She can learn this lesson from her mum being straight with her or from her boss firing her as she's had so much time off and is in her probation period. Tough love is needed here I think.

Was she genuinely ill and injured? If so she was right to be off. Can't be helped.

If she loses this job, she can find another.