Days in office - have you ever skipped weeks?

[Anonymous]

What happens if you don’t go into the office some weeks due to illness or some other life issue?

How much trouble are you in?

[Anonymous]

Zero at my company. But I never do it as consecutive weeks.

[Anonymous]

I had a concussion a few years ago, had a doctors note, and wasn’t in trouble at all. I mean I felt bad for my colleagues that they had to scramble, but I’ve scrambled to help them before.

I have a friend / colleague who missed weeks for a surgery and recovery.

I can’t imagine getting in trouble for things like this.

[Anonymous]

Don't you ever take vacations? A vacation is a week-plus not in the office. It's normal.

I'm in 5 days a week now, but when I used to be in 1 or 2 days, workplaces varied on whether you had to make up a missed in-office day. So if Tuesday was my day and I had an appointment, one job made me come in Wednesday and another job didn't. But if I missed the whole week due to vacation or illness, I didn't have to make anything up.

[Anonymous]

Every organization is different but at ours we are GRATEFUL when you keep your germs at home. If you're sick...stay home. Please.

In-office requirements are for collaboration, productivity, networking, culture. Requiring sick or injured people to come in is not aligned to the spirit of the in-office time.

This said.....there are people who abuse it, for sure, and stay home for something like a hangnail. Don't be that person and you should be fine.

[Anonymous]

It depends. Did you say that you came in or did you take leave? This is a weird question.

If you lied about working, yeah, you’re going to get fired—assuming your organization has a PTO policy.