to think you don't need a whole day off to get your Covid jab?

[Outofexcuses]

In brief, someone promised to send me something by the end of last week. I sent a (polite) reminder email on Friday and got a reply from their boss to say this person was out of the office all day getting their vaccination. I know some people have had to travel longish distances and queue for ages to get their jab, but do you really need to take a whole day off?
I should add, today is Wednesday and they still haven't sent what they promised.

I went in my lunch break!? Why do you need a day off? I mean yes if you feel grim afterwards take the time you need but the reaction isn’t instant!

@Abouttimemum

I went in my lunch break!? Why do you need a day off? I mean yes if you feel grim afterwards take the time you need but the reaction isn’t instant!

Well, if your appointment is at 4pm then you can't go in your lunch break can you and if you don't have flexi time, you might need the whole afternoon off. In any case, some employers are giving a day off, doesn't matter whether it's needed or not, partly to encourage takeup of the vaccine. Not OP's business. Where I live, you also get free public transport to go to your vaccine.

As others have said, the issue isn't whether someone should take a whole day off to get a vaccine. The issue is you were promised something by a certain time which not only hasn't arrived, but hasn't arrived several days later.

The person you spoke to should have just said "Not in the office today" and not told you anything about where the person was or what they were doing. That is irrelevant to why what you are waiting for hasn't arrived.

"The person you spoke to should have just said "Not in the office today" and not told you anything about where the person was or what they were doing. That is irrelevant to why what you are waiting for hasn't arrived."

Well, that person hasn't done anything wrong either though. It presumably wasn't a big secret. I am personally happy to hear about every vaccine that is given.

@IntermittentParps

So I can see it taking 3 hours or so. By that point, you might as well have the whole day off. Really? What if you work 8, 10, 12 hours in a day?

People who work 10 or 12 hour shifts generally don't work 7 days a week. Either way, if the employer is happy to give you the day off, great.

None of your business. They just might need time to recover. Unfortunately what’s important to you just isn’t as important to them.

@Abouttimemum

I went in my lunch break!? Why do you need a day off? I mean yes if you feel grim afterwards take the time you need but the reaction isn’t instant!

If you know you can have it at anytime of the day it makes getting the appointment a lot easier.

I don’t know the full details

But it was no surprise at work who needed time off after both vaccines at work

The very people who had to self isolate more than others

Covid has been very convenient for taking extra time off for some

Hardly any of your business what time off they have agreed with their manager in relation to the Covid jab.

@Gwenhwyfar not everyone is happy for their medical information to be shared. In fact, as medical information is classed as sensitive information under GDPR the colleague could technically have been breaching GDPR unless the person gave consent for this information to be shared

Exactly Lemonwoe

as well as being incredibly unprofessional.

If she got an approved day off then its really no-one's business what she wanted it for.

[quote Lemonwoe]@Gwenhwyfar not everyone is happy for their medical information to be shared. In fact, as medical information is classed as sensitive information under GDPR the colleague could technically have been breaching GDPR unless the person gave consent for this information to be shared[/quote]
So those people will go through the whole pain of getting two vaccines and not get a vaccine passport? Because that's kind of the point of it for many people.

What are you talking about @Gwenhwyfar ?

This isn't a thread about if someone should be vaccinated or not. The comment was - quite rightly - made that no-one in any workplace should be telling a customer / client / service user the reason why a colleague isn't in work. They are 'not available' is all the customer needs to know. I would not be happy if a colleague started telling people where I was / what I was doing even if they knew. That applies to if I have booked a lovely holiday, or if I'm not well, or if I have a hospital appointment, or if I were in court, or if I were getting married, or if I were at a funeral or any other reason. The customer just does not need to know that.