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If you are sick and have been out of work for 4 days do you let guilt make you return on Friday just so no one acts mad at you?
Or do you go ahead and stay home knowing people are probably annoyed that you have been sick a whole week? Or am I being paranoid that I think people are annoyed for me being sick?
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October 09, 2009 05:30 AM
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I understand where you are coming from. I know that when I stay away from work, I put extra pressure on my co-workers because someone else has to do my work and sometimes I do feel guilty.
However, if you are genuinely sick (enough to go to a doctor which it looks like you are), do not go to work. You won't be helping your co-workers or the company you work for if you go to work and then collapse or worse get others sick. Also, when you are sick you will not be able to do your best work and may make costly mistakes which you or your co-workers will then have to fix. You may go to work because you are feeling guilty and get sicker and then have to take more leave.
Take the extra day (Friday) and the weekend and get some rest. When you do go back out to work, you will be fresh, better and ready to do your best work which is the best thing for your company and co-workers and of course you.
As far as people being annoyed at you; they may actually be more annoyed at the situation than you.
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However, if you are genuinely sick (enough to go to a doctor which it looks like you are), do not go to work. You won't be helping your co-workers or the company you work for if you go to work and then collapse or worse get others sick. Also, when you are sick you will not be able to do your best work and may make costly mistakes which you or your co-workers will then have to fix. You may go to work because you are feeling guilty and get sicker and then have to take more leave.
Take the extra day (Friday) and the weekend and get some rest. When you do go back out to work, you will be fresh, better and ready to do your best work which is the best thing for your company and co-workers and of course you.
As far as people being annoyed at you; they may actually be more annoyed at the situation than you.
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October 09, 2009 04:08 AM
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If you are sick and have been out of work is the best reason in the world to give yourself and your body a naturally sought after rest. If you decide to get back to work, it has nothing to do with guilt, but just the necessity to get back to work as any other person would after an illness. Why would guilt force anyone to work, but just that the simple need to work.
Forget the guilt and if you feel fit and in high spirits, get back to work, but certainly not out of guilt.
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Forget the guilt and if you feel fit and in high spirits, get back to work, but certainly not out of guilt.
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October 09, 2009 04:08 AM
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If you are legitimately sick where is the guilt? Going in sick could get others sick, which would make me far angrier than having to cover someone all week. However, if you are faking it and just milking the time off, go back to work, that's not right to begin with.
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October 09, 2009 04:25 AM
I have been to the doctor 3 days this week. I am not milking anything. I simply feel guilty about taking a full week off and having others do my work. I am not quite myself. I am not sure I can make it all day, I value my own work at my job and for some reason I do feel guilty for being out this much.
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If I am sick I take a sick day or days. When I feel better I go back to work. That is why we have sick time. I feel no sense of guilt. The possible exception to this is if I am out of work due to a hangover. Then I caused my own sickness and therefore feel I have done wrong.
I think your guilt may be based on a false assumption. You are afraid that people at work are annoyed that they have had to cover for you while you have been out sick. Your assumption is that you caused their annoyance. If they are annoyed it is because of the extra work due to your absence. Not because you were absent. You may sympathize with them over their extra work. You may even want to go back before you are well to lighten their load. However, you are not in the wrong here. Take care of yourself. The day will come when you have to cover for your co-workers.
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I think your guilt may be based on a false assumption. You are afraid that people at work are annoyed that they have had to cover for you while you have been out sick. Your assumption is that you caused their annoyance. If they are annoyed it is because of the extra work due to your absence. Not because you were absent. You may sympathize with them over their extra work. You may even want to go back before you are well to lighten their load. However, you are not in the wrong here. Take care of yourself. The day will come when you have to cover for your co-workers.
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