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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous Idk it's hard for me to imagine. I'm in the private sector and I'm expected to work on sick days (answer all or most emails, take certain calls, monitor the markets and my stocks, etc.). To be frank, I've always done it because I'm only screwing myself if I let work pile up. The rest of the world stop turning just because you're out sick or on vacation. Obviously I wouldn't do this if I was on death's door. B[b]ut if I'm out because of a stomach bug, for instance, yeah, I'm on my blackberry between heaves, lol[/b].[/quote]

Funny story: I was once young and oh-so-committed to proving myself. I was out sick with the stomach bug, but agreed to do a call with my immediate boss and his (both of whom are great guys). I warned them, half jokingly, that I might need to hang up the phone quickly. And mid-way through the call, I suddenly knew I was going to be sick in a second so I said "Gotta go" and thought I hit the Off button, threw the phone, and proceeded to puke. Only had missed the off button. So yeah, my two bosses listened to me puke. Didn't realize it at the time because, well, I was sick! But later in the day I emailed my boss to say I was feeling better and thought I'd be in the next day and he emailed back to say "DO NOT APPEAR FOR 2 MORE DAYS".  Took them longer to get over me being sick than it took me.

Now I know better and some days it is just right for everyone that I turn off the cell phones and focus on me. 
 
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