You'd think...

[Trek420]

No sick days. If I'm sick I call in sick and I'm paid, if I do it often enough I'm fired. Most of us come to work unless "calling in dead". Which is why I'm home today with broncho pneumonea which I got from working with the bronchitis which I got from working with the cold.

But I love my job and would never kvetch about it online Currently I do get 3 weeks plus 6 days plus regular holidays plus a half day plus unpaid time if I could afford .... off. But to get the time off I have to ask for it at least 42 hours in advance. Really works out to be 72 hours. This makes taking that for emergencies such as unexpected illness impossible.

It's really tough on me because like many of us I'm generally healthy. Coworkers with ongoing conditions specifically mostly diabetese, high blood pressure wrack up the time off on FMLA. I'm not resenting them but when I try to get time off the schedule is full and mostly with people off work to treat conditions which might just might be lessened by taking a walk or two or 50.