Do you find it fishy if someone calls in “sick” on a Friday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I know I can’t say anything, but it’s fishy that someone gets sick on a Friday before a long weekend…

Of course they are unlikely to be "sick" - but who cares?

We all know the deal, right?

Are you manager/supervisor? Is it a mission critical role?

What's the line of work?

+1 of course this is common but it’s the fault of employers for not just building in better leave policies.

[Anonymous]

I had an intern who did this. “Sick” every Friday for the whole summer. Needless to say we didn’t think of hiring her when she later applied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Because I don't care.

this.

[Anonymous]

Don’t care. MYOB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t care. MYOB

Well I work in a field where it IS my business when people call in sick. When a bunch of people call out on a Friday/Tuesday before/after a holiday, it means more work for me and last minute cancellations for clients. So it could affect you too-imagine showing up for surgery and it gets cancelled at the last minute because so many people called out. Or dropping your kid off at school and getting turned away because there aren't enough staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had an intern who did this. “Sick” every Friday for the whole summer. Needless to say we didn’t think of hiring her when she later applied.

Why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had an intern who did this. “Sick” every Friday for the whole summer. Needless to say we didn’t think of hiring her when she later applied.

Why not?

Really? The intern sounded egregious.

[Anonymous]

No. I’m home sick now and would be annoyed if my coworkers thought I was faking it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the primary tenets of children is that they always get sick on Friday, usually after the pediatrician’s sick slots are filled. (Stop side-eyeing your coworker, OP.)

OMG this. Always coming down with something at the end of the week and we have to decide whether to deal with it Friday or risk a weekend urgent care visit.

Personally I am often sick Mondays because of overdoing it on the weekends. I don't party - I don't even drink - I just do too much running around.

But Fridays and Mondays are the quietest days so it hurts no one. Being sick on a Thursday would be disruptive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t care. MYOB

Well I work in a field where it IS my business when people call in sick. When a bunch of people call out on a Friday/Tuesday before/after a holiday, it means more work for me and last minute cancellations for clients. So it could affect you too-imagine showing up for surgery and it gets cancelled at the last minute because so many people called out. Or dropping your kid off at school and getting turned away because there aren't enough staff.

Hire more staff. A business without redundancy is not well run.

[Anonymous]

No, because I work in a professional field where coverage is not an issue. We get plenty of vacation time and so people don't need to be calling in fake sick. They can just use their vacation time and take the day off.

If someone does call in sick it is not worth wasting my energy trying to second guess if they were really sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, unless there is a pattern to the behavior.

4x a year?

Kind of crazy and weird that you're tracking this, tbh. I find that more fishy.

[Anonymous]

Definitely

[Anonymous]

When I worked in HR, we kept track of everyone who called in sick on a day before or after a three-day weekend.

That list was used when we had reductions in force.

[Anonymous]

If they have a kid or a spouse with a long term illness or pregnancy, this shouldn’t be surprising. Taking my pregnant spouse to the doctor’s today because she had horrible cramping last night.

Get bent.