To take tomo off work- new job

[WishfulSprouts]

Started new part time job in sept, had to leave early a week ago as ds had virus and needed picking up- time taken from Toil.
I’m full of a cold it’s got worse as days gone on- runny nose, sore throat, sore ears feel like crap. Would it be ok to call in sick tomo more or should I go and get sent home?

Go in. I'm a few weeks into a new job and gone in with bad chest infection, cold and v severe period pains all at once. I gave the chest infection to my manager (though I caught it at work in the first place). We both kept working and it's a very physical and exhausting job on feet all day and lifting etc. We discussed it and both agreed we are far too busy to be off and as I am new , if I was it would not bear well for my first month's review and that 'you can't really go sick in a new job'. And she was right. It was hell but I was out of work for months until this ,, just have to grit your teeth and get on with it (bear in mind more than just a cold.. I was coughing until sick at times..and lost my voice) I don't say this in a martyr way...you just have to suck it up in a new job. But a cold alone is never ever an excuse...I work in retail and no one ever goes off sick with a cold, and often comes in with flu too... no point saying 'you'll infect everyone' as we get it off the customers in the first place (I do have flu jabs now)

I would go in if you can make it. Monday is always a bad day to call in sick, they might wrongly assume you have a hangover. Go in dying knowing you can take Tuesday if you do not feel better by tomorrow afternoon. How many hours is it, if part time hours.

Go to bed now & rest for tomorrow.

LEM if you work in a place that lets you take days off for general colds then you are so lucky and I wish more work places were like this. Unfortunately, most of us don't. So there's no need to speak about us like that.

I agree, go to bed now then as soon as you get up in the morning take 2 paracetamol or lemsip tablets then have a hot shower. The steam will make you feel better while you wait for the tablets to kick in.

Thanks all off to bed now will go in tomorrow thanks 🙏

Day nurse is the only thing that sorts me out with a cold...

Beechams Powders Are great at keeping a cold at bay if you need to go in for work.

Sudafed works well for me with cold. I'd go in.

I don't really think a cold is a serious enough illness to call in sick unless it's the actual flu and you can't get out of bed, take loads of flu medicines and go in, I'm sure you will feel better for it anyway rather than wallowing in it all day at home, I wouldn't keep my child off school with a runny nose unless it came with a temperature etc so why would you stay off work?

i dont think a cold is serious enough

No. I'd be seriously unimpressed if I were your line manager. It's a cold.

I have health issues and it makes me so angry when people carry on as normal when they are ill and go to work/school.

I was in a well known shop and asked an assistant for some help. I soon realised that he was full of the flu or cold. That was 5 or 6 weeks ago and I am still sniffing sneezing and bunged up. We also have DCs with asthma and adults with bronchitis and 2 with very serious lung issues.
Why do people act like martyrs and go to work/school when full of germs?

With colds though you infect people before it really comes out, I had a slight sore throat last week, I work part time and now have a full blown cold but I will go in tomorrow, I probably passed it on before it came out properly and you can’t not go in with every little sniff or tickly throat, there are loads of colds about

User02 I'm totally sympathetic and understand that it's not great for people with health conditions, I have family who have health conditions and I have asthma too but I understand why people go to work/school with a cold. In my work 3 absences in a year triggers a meeting with hr, and you have to have a meeting with your manager after each absence. They prefer each absence to also have a doctors not or you to have at least seen a doctor so unfortunately as I need to keep my job unless I physically cannot get out of bed I have to go to work.

Sensible hand washing is the best cold deterrent

User02 we go to work because we have to. No sick pay for many. Going to meetings to explain yourself like a naughty child. Understaffing. Many reasons we go to work with minor illnesses.

God OP is love your attitude! I've a new team member who's been there 3 months and already had 6 sick days and various appointments!

a cold is hardly a reason not to go in. Twice in two weeks will look bad OP. Muddle through tomorrow - im sure you'll be fine.

You've only been working there a few weeks, I'd work it.

User02 I do sympathise but you have to understand that colds are so common in winter that it's hard to stay at home. Like a user above said, after 3 strikes you'd have to get a doctors note every time. Which would mean going in to a public waiting room to be seen! If everyone was off with colds, a lot more people would be unemployed as they'd have been off too many times. Also lots of work places don't pay for sick days. It's really tricky!

User02, I couldn’t possibly take time off every time I get a cold - it would cost my school a fortune!

No one works when they have the flu - if they can get out of bed they don’t have the flu.

I know that it is a common cold to others and d & v bugs are something that happens but for me it leads to really bad situations.
I don't like the fact that it seems people are almost under threat to go to work no matter how ill. I don't see how that serves anyone well.

People probably don't want to spread their germs about.

Life is complicated.

@alltoomuchrightnow "Often come in with Flu too" - That is utterly disgraceful. You're serving all walks of life! Pregnant people & immuno-surpressed people included. You should be ashamed

No one goes to work with flu. People who say they went to work with flu actually have a cold.