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Today I'm taking a sick day, which is my second one this month. Though I'm happy to have time to rest, my supervisor sent me an email that said "again?!" so now I am paranoid that I might be taking too much time off. What do you think?
The last sick day I took was 3 weeks ago. Before that, I hadn't called in sick since February but I did take a week long vacation in April. That's 8 days of combined vacation (which was requested off in advance) and unplanned sick days this year. Keep in mind that when I do call in sick I check my emails and do as much work from home as I can.
Ironically, I think my latest cold was caught through my cube neighbor who was hacking and sneezing last week. On top of that, I've never been so sick at a job since starting at this place - I think the stress it causes has lowered my immunity or something.
Pff. Sick days exist for a reason. It prevents virus pandemics from destroying office productivity and allows for things like Doctor's Appointments and other requisites for healthy living.
Two sick days in a month is nothing - my company gives us 10 sick days in a year in addition to our vacation weeks.
I would not even take into consideration the vacation days you have mentioned.
It's almost July, so I do not think you've taken a lot of sick days.
I think some people fail to understand that some people are more likely to get sick than others. My old co-worker and I used to joke about the fact that she was young and somehow managed to get things like the mumps a few years ago, diverticulitis, etc. Things that require time off. I used to be sick all of the time. Now if people want me to come into the office with the flu that's so bad my family almost brings me to the ER, I'd question their sanity.
I believe our hourly employees accumulate a day a month. Some burn through them as fast as they get them while some roll a lot of them over year to year so that if they actually get very sick or need to be hospitalized, they have hundreds of hours of sick time on the books so they can keep getting paid at 100%.
Three sick days since the beginning of the year is not unreasonable. As other posters note, unscheduled sick days are unrelated to vacation.
Has your boss given you any other reason to question your performance? If s/he is concerned with your productivity overall, the the fact that you are out for a second day this month may indicate concern that you are unable to catch up. Is this a busy time of year for you? The same concerns may result.
If you have no indication that your boss is unhappy with you overall, then I would not worry about it.
Yes, I realize people are going to post responses saying that I am being unreasonable, that sick days are not related to job ability. The fact is that employees are expected to get your job done in the time available to you. If the time available is reduced by sickness or vacation, you are still expected to get your job done. If you are a struggling employee, then a day or two away from work will bring your poor job performance under scrutiny as people have to cover for you.
I average about 2 sick days a year. I have colleagues who seemingly take a few days every month. Of course they're family or friends of family( it's a family business) so I guess they're on unlimited sick/vacation plan.
Today I'm taking a sick day, which is my second one this month. Though I'm happy to have time to rest, my supervisor sent me an email that said "again?!" so now I am paranoid that I might be taking too much time off. What do you think?
You're fine, except that you're supervised by an ass.
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