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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?