| Topic Name: |
Sick Day Policy |
| Message Name: |
It's a common problem |
| Date Posted: |
02/09/2002 |
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Hey jdnx, I feel your pain. My company just got acquired by a huge company and we were forced to go from unlimited sick days to 5 sick days. And as soon as that benefit conversion occured, wouldn't you know it, I got a bad concussion on a fall and was out (with doctors' notes) for about 4 days. I lost all my remaining vacation time, unbeknownst to me, and had to borrow vacation time in order to keep my holiday travel plans in place. It was either that or take them as unpaid days.
I went to my manager, who luckily had to have surgery last year, and complained. I said to him "So when you had your surgery last year, under these rules, you would have lost a big chunk of vacation time and maybe wages. It's bad enough you're legitimately ill, but then you are penalized for it at work too?". He agreed and started peace talks with the HR department.
In the end, anything less than 7 or 8 sick days is unrealistic, and better policies on short-term disability need to be in place. |
| Message: |
Our company keeps on acquiring more companies and now we are being treated like children. We now only have 5 sick days per year and it used to be based on an occurrences basis. For instance, you could be sick for more than one day and that was one occurrence. Don't get me wrong, but these employers need to wake up and realize that we have a life outside of their corporations and that things happen. God forbid that some of us should have the responsibility of sick children on top of that lousy policy!!!!!!
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