The Swine Flu Shot a Waste of Time!

[Eden]

A lot of places now just do PTO - paid time off. It's a catch all for vacation and sick days. Under this system I think people may tend to get in trouble. They take the days as vacation and don't budget any for getting sick - and who can blame them, because in a lot of companies the PTO expires, so if you don't use it you lose it. So you use it - then if you get sick you get in trouble... (or you come in anyway and spread your disease to all of your co-workers)

When I worked for the federal government it was *not* like this. We got sick time. If you didn't use it, it accrued - forever. My first boss was even able to take a year or two's early retirement with all of his sick leave... You could also be nice and donate sick leave to a co-worker who was out and had used up all of their own sick leave, so that they could still be paid for time off when they had a grave illness, though I think there were limits to the amount that could be transferred.

[ny biker]

We switched from separate vacation and sick time to PTO several years ago. It hasn't been a problem for me so far. I think the co-workers who run out mid-year are the ones who take time off to take care of sick kids rather than their own illnesses.

We do have a fair number of people who sneeze and hack and cough all day at work. Most of them are suffering from allergies but you can never be sure they're not actually sharing a disease with us all. Just one more reason why I press elevator buttons with my elbow.

[snapdragen]

Under my union contract, I get sick and vacation days. First day sick is taken out of vacation -- kind of covers those mental health days without using up your sick leave. Of course, in my case after 3+ months off last year, I don't have much sick or vacation time to use.

My workplace is the direct opposite of Trek's -- you can't swing the proverbial dead cat without hitting some sort of H1N1/Flu prevention flyer, poster, email, dancing bear.....

[Trek420]

My workplace is the direct opposite of Trek's -- you can't swing the proverbial dead cat without hitting some sort of H1N1/Flu prevention flyer, poster, email, dancing bear.....

I'm not sayin' who I work for but someone once mailed a bill to my employer addressed only with our slogan "no job is so urgent, no service so important that we can not afford to do our job safely" and it got here.

Perhaps those days are gone. Wash your hands everyone, sneeze into your elbow and be safe out there!

[malkin]

I wonder what would happen if I did try to show up at work the way I've been for the last several days.

First, someone would probably notice that I couldn't stand up or walk around because of fatigue. Not being able to talk without coughing could have gotten a bit of attention. Finally, my inability to stay awake might have been a bit of a problem.

Planning another day home tomorrow.

[PamNY]

I'm not sayin' who I work for but someone once mailed a bill to my employer addressed only with our slogan "no job is so urgent, no service so important that we can not afford to do our job safely" and it got here.

Ha! I used to work for them too; haven't thought of that slogan in years.

Pam