Sickness new job

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I've just worked the first shift of new job which I love. However I began to feel unwell on the way home and for the last 4 hours I have had diarrhoea and sickness and it's not showing any signs of stopping.

I cannot, I absolutely cannot call in sick on my second day.
Does anyone have any tips to help this go away fast and hopefully be gone by the morning? I've been sipping iced water regularly.

I don't feel unwell otherwise, no fever etc

@LindsayStauffer absolutely not!!
I also hold the view if you are sick you are sick and that's that it's ok.
But .... I know many don't and if it wasn't my 2nd day I wouldn't think twice.
But it's my second day, I'm still in probation, I don't have any proof I'm sick, the team don't know me, they might think they have hired a shirker.
Sorry but I'm really feeling the pressure to earn as much money as I can and have security and this is making me very worried.

That's really good thinking, they will appreciate that.

Okay well that's good. Now practise what you preach.

As a professional, especially one with some seniority, practise acting with authority. When you're sick you don't ring up panicking and asking for permission to be off. You contact them and calmly and confidently say 'I'm just ringing to apologise and let you know that I won't be in today as I've woken up poorly. I'm hoping to be back whenever but I'll keep in touch'

I would be doing exactly the same as you. I would assume I would be thought badly of If I booked sick on my second day.

Hope you don't feel too bad today and the job works out well for you.

@BonesOfWhatYouBelieve that's disgusting

OP something similar happened to my cousin in her 2nd day at a new job. But it was her pre-school child that was sick and couldn't go to nursery. She's a single parent and dad not around.

She felt exactly the same as you do, they were going to think she was an unreliable shirker etc.
She was with the company for 8 years and did very well there with promotions. She can laugh about it now as no-one else bothered half as much as she did but she still remembers how awful she felt that 1st week.
I'm sure it will all be fine and hope you feel better soon

This won't have an impact on you going forward as it is a one off and your colleagues will learn that you are reliable.It happened to me in that I had to be off twice within weeks of starting a new job.I felt terrible but there is no option, you cannot go to work and risk passing on an infectious disease .I hope you feel better soon.

@LindsayStauffer thank you I needed to hear that.
I am normally very assertive but have been feeling very vulnerable lately with the cost of living and the full responsibility of 2 ensuring my 3 kids have a good quality of living.
I don't get help from their dad or anything else and working full time around school, after school club and late shifts is very difficulty, a daily juggling act.
I need to start acting with more confidence and not let my personal anxieties around money and keeping a job etc actually affect my performance.

Thanks

This in spades. This is not just about you

If it helps, a website that I've got a lot from is called Ask A Manager. Just browse and have a read. Some fantastic advice around how to manage, how to conduct yourself in the workplace etc. It's hard when you've come from toxic workplaces, in my last one you'd have to pretty much ring to ask permission to be off sick and they could force you in, it was a nightmare. In my current one it's very much a 'just let us know' sort of thing. It took years to let go of the anxiety of calling in sick but now I've experienced a health workplace I can't imagine going back! Even if I come up against that in a new job I'd still like to think I now have the confidence to approach it in this way. They will more often than not take their lead from you and it's incredibly reasonable and normal to get sick and to let the workplace know as a courtesy so that they're aware.

Congrats on the new role!

You would be the worst in the world if you went in and wiped tram out with novovirus

Good call.

I appreciate that, but I'd also the shittest mum ifI lost my job wouldn't I.
As I've said, I'm not trying to be selfish or a martyr. I'm trying to make sure we have security and leaving my secure old role for this was a gamble and I'm now terrified I've made myself look incompetent and unreliable.

My issues to deal with, I know I'm genuinely sick so I've done the right thing.
Doesn't stop me worrying though

If they are actively unhappy I'd be considering whether this is the right work environment tbh