What a great question to ask everyone! I wondered about it too. Most days I go to work when I feel terrible and take as much Pepto Bismol as I need (usually just one dose) so I don't have to run to the bathroom. But I misssed 9 days last year and 13 the year before that. I have already missed 2 1/2 days since January 1st and force myself to come into work. If I called in sick everytime I feel like crap, I'd have taken the past 2 months off.
My boss doesn't know what I have and I don't want to bring it up unless I have to. She knows that I have a very sensitive stomach and get a lot of the "stomach flu". Maybe she's figured it out, who knows?
I could one day lose my job if I started missing way more days. We have a limit of 12 days now. But they give you warnings before anything is done. I do worry about it as I'm still young and have another 30 or so years of working before retirement.
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Re: Need Help - How to cope with missing work and other obligations
