Do you go into work poorly?

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When your under the weather - bad headache, body chills, aches etc do you push on through and go into work dosing up or stay off if you can?

No.
I have never taken the piss but as a grown up know when I am too ill to work.
I have had to be more explicit since wfh is a thing. " I am too ill to work and will not be logging in today"

I do with just a cold or a headache.

For the latter, I suffer from migraine so would be off a lot.

Plus, don't get paid if I am off sick for the first 5 days, so if my boss / colleagues want me to stay off, they should pay me the shortfall on my wages.

I’m a nurse and we can only have 3 episodes of sickness in a rolling year before we’re on the red sickness trigger and are referred to HR for our sickness. I don’t go in if it’s a sickness bug but we now aren’t supposed to test for covid, however, if we’re ill with covid symptoms and do test because we’re not well enough to work then it counts as a sickness episode 🤦🏼‍♀️.

Anything that is fixed/managed by over-the-counter medicines, yes. I go in with coughs and snots too. L
Chills: no, because Lemsip etc doesn't fix that for me.
I'm self-employed, so no sick pay and even one unscheduled day off causes a logistical nightmare. I had a lower threshold when PAYE, but went by the same standard I now hold DCs to WRT school: go in if possible with the aid of paracetamol/Ibuprofen, with the option to come home if necessary.

I generally push on through.

I can WFH now. Only had one really bad cough. I should have been off sick the first couple of days rather than WFH but it felt wrong since I could do something. I would not have gone into work pre Covid as contagious, wfh I didn’t take into account I was actually sick until day 3. It was such a relief to be home but not working for a couple of days. I just gave an office job, not life or death and can be covered.

There is absolutely no excuse for going into work with a sickness bug.

Anything contagious: will use discretion to either WFH / in a different room to others etc.

Anything else: I have chronic health issues so if I was off even half the time I felt "under the weather", I wouldn't have a job. It's a nasty pressure sometimes.

It's an internal battle because a lot of colleagues don't turn up when they feel "bad" or didn't get much sleep whereas I operate off no sleep & constant pain etc daily. I feel bad because I'm so jealous of them for their rare sick days, and because they seem so trivial. For all I know, they could be totally downplaying their problems or struggles but I still feel jealous over what I assume is a minor grumble.

If just a minor headache/pain then no, might work from home if I want to. If properly ill with fever etc. then I definitely call in sick.

A benefit of work from home is if you’re germy but still able to work you can. A problem is that some people should be in bed resting but they’ll still work from home.
For those in retail and hospitality it’s really hard because they shouldn’t be going into work but there is no sick pay and you’re paid by the hour so you need to be on death’s door or go in and get sent home.

I’m self employed, so no sick pay and if I can find someone to cover for me (it’s not always possible) I have to pay them, even if what they’re covering didn’t make that much that day.

So, yep, I go in unwell, I’ve been at work with a concussion once and on crutches for about 3 months last year. It’s not a desk job, it’s fairly physical.

It depends. If I felt a little rough I would take medication and go in, otherwise I would stay home. I've just had a bad cold and cough, and my boss told me to take the rest of last week off (I worked Monday), and I'm glad she did. I'm not in the UK, we get paid sick leave and now that I'm in my 60s I have decided that there is no point in being a martyr anymore.

That is utterly fucked up

Depends how ill. I've had some very nasty cough and colds recently that I stayed off for (went back in when over the worst but still poorly!), usually for a cold I would go in, though frequesntly it becomes a chest infection and if im couging up mucus regulalry id usually stay home. Definitely stay home if feverish though!

Headache or feeling ropey - yes

Cold or something contagious - would work at home unless it’s was vital to go in (a major pitch no one else could cover or something)

Depends how ill.

I get reasonably frequent colds - snotty, bunged up etc and will work with those. In spring I also find it difficult to differentiate between a cold and hay fever so will go in then as well.

If I feel crap then I stay off and rest.

If I feel well enough to go to the supermarket, cinema or a friend's for coffee, I consider myself well enough to work.

Have been fully WFH since March 2020 and not taken a single sick day. Not that I haven't been ill but I've not been ill enough to prevent me logging on and plodding through.

I'd have definitely had a few instances of being too ill to be in the office though.

I stay off if i physically or mentally can’t handle it. If I’m coughing and sneezing but otherwise feel ok I’ll go in

I have pretty robust health so I genuinely haven't had a day off sick in over 30 years but I only work part time now so that probably helps in that I don't pick up bugs or sickness... never had Covid. My DH is the same .. recently retired and never had a sick day in his life .. but I recognise that we are both very fortunate.

Another perk of WFH, just stay home till better

Yes. NHS. They put you on stages.

I've had five days off in a year. 3 due to family emergency and deaths. Two due to a sickness bug that went through the team like wildfire, but me being stupid only took one day so I didn't let people down, all it achieved was making me worse resulting in another day. It's five separate periods of sickness. One week is one period of illness.

I'm on stage one (should be in stage two but it's discretionary) stage three can see you fighting to keep your job.

Typically yes, self employed gardener so not in contact with people though.

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I used to before the pandemic. Now if I feel shit I stay home. I am lucky as I get full sick pay.

Oh yeah it's fucked up. NHS staff aren't treated particularly well.