To take a sick day?

[catlover564]

I haven't had a sick day in over 5 years. My manager will pay everyone up to 3 sick days a year. Every other member of staff have sick days even when I know they aren't genuinely sick. Should I have a sick day? Am I missing a trick? The only reason I haven't is not wanting to ruin my track record

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Like OP I never take sick days. But sometimes I wonder! Because all other colleagues seem to!

Yet OP is being given a hard time. I don't get it!

Yes do it. 1 mental health day in 5 years is acceptable!

Yet UK employees work billions of pounds worth of unpaid overtime. So what’s an extra day or two skiving off a year?

www.tuc.org.uk/news/workers-uk-put-more-£32-billion-worth-unpaid-overtime-last-year-tuc-analysis

Let’s not forget that your employer can dismiss you anytime. Or go out of business like Mothercare. Imagine working for years for an organisation and then they cease trading. The one or two sick days you may have taken when you weren’t actually sick mean nothing.

Shocked at all these posts.
Like OP I never take sick days. But sometimes I wonder! Because all other colleagues seem to!

Yet OP is being given a hard time. I don't get it!

What's not to get? Your colleagues probably take sick days because they're sick.

Don’t do it. Sod’s law you’ll take it and end up actually sick and needing the time.