are you required to take a doctor note when you use a sick day?

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Anonymous wrote:What if you are out sick with a stomach bug? I would never go to the doctor for that! For the most part because it's too risky being too far from the loo at any point in time!

I had a project manager try and demand a doctor's note when I was home sick with norovirus. It was right after Thanksgiving (my entire family caught the virus from a relative that came to dinner knowing they were still contagious!) and the PM was convinced I was trying to scam for more time at home with my family.

It was pretty humiliating having to explain to him that I couldn't leave my apartment to go to the doctor as I was pretty much guaranteed to crap myself before I made it out of the complex parking lot. I then proceeded to dry heave while still on the phone with him so I had to hang up on him because there was no chance I was *only* going to vomit.

Did you even report to the PM? What a little toad. I hope you coughed on his/her keyboard.

[Anonymous]

Most of the workplaces that require a doctors note probably have a reason. At some point, there was a worker who was abusing sick leave, and in order to prevent that kind of fraud, all workers were then required to provide notes.

It's the standard bad-apple-ruins-it-for-everyone scenario.

I once signed a lease for an apartment complex that had a looong list of specifically forbidden actions including driving cars onto the grassy areas, bringing furniture into the unit via the balcony, and putting portable hot tubs on the balcony.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if you are out sick with a stomach bug? I would never go to the doctor for that! For the most part because it's too risky being too far from the loo at any point in time!

I had a project manager try and demand a doctor's note when I was home sick with norovirus. It was right after Thanksgiving (my entire family caught the virus from a relative that came to dinner knowing they were still contagious!) and the PM was convinced I was trying to scam for more time at home with my family.

It was pretty humiliating having to explain to him that I couldn't leave my apartment to go to the doctor as I was pretty much guaranteed to crap myself before I made it out of the complex parking lot. I then proceeded to dry heave while still on the phone with him so I had to hang up on him because there was no chance I was *only* going to vomit.

Did you even report to the PM? What a little toad. I hope you coughed on his/her keyboard.

He wasn't my resource manager, just the PM for a project I was assigned to. This was honestly the least problematic thing he did. That dude was a POS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Only if I use more than 3 day in a row, according to the rules.

Same. I will drag myself into the office for a day on the forth day or work from home to avoid the doctors, then three days restart.

how often are you sick for 7 days in a row. You make it sound like a regular occurrence.

Twice in 20 years. I actually saw the doctor on one of the occasions but my manager prefered me working from home rather than getting on short term disability.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. I'm an adult who works for and with adults

Exactly. Seriously?

Spot on. Even though HR might require a doctor's note, our General Counsel has never had anyone bring one in. At this point everyone in our department is well established in their careers.