Do you still go in if you're ill?

[psychocandy]

Big difference between permie sickie and contractor sickie for obvious reasons. lol.

I know when I was a young lad permie I still used to struggle in to work unless I was really ill. As I got older, I wised up to this, and any hint of illness and sickie it was.

As a contractor though, I tend to go in even if I'm ill. What about the rest of you? Or do you insist with client that you get to WFH if you're not feeling 100%

[SimonMac]

In the past I have gone in with tonsillitis and a temperature of 103°F, however I have learnt that one day in bed is much better than 4-5 days working sub-100%, if you can WFH thats a bonus

[stek]

Big difference between permie sickie and contractor sickie for obvious reasons. lol.

I know when I was a young lad permie I still used to struggle in to work unless I was really ill. As I got older, I wised up to this, and any hint of illness and sickie it was.

As a contractor though, I tend to go in even if I'm ill. What about the rest of you? Or do you insist with client that you get to WFH if you're not feeling 100%

I did recently, and I paid the price! I tried to see out what I thought was flu turned out to be a serious infection, ended up in isolation ward unable to get out of bed for two weeks, contract gone and possible some goodwill too since I become the the clients eyes unreliable.

I won't do it again, obviously a bit of a cold etc, fine, live with it but when it's something that's laying you out almost, and the only relief is Lemsips, time to visit the Quack and listen!

[northernladuk]

If I can't do a full days work I don't bill. Simple as that. WFH should jot be used as a excuse to be under productive and still get paid. This will come back and bite you if the client sees your productivity drop. They will be watching for a drop in productivity or not being able to contact you even more when you are sick so WFH is not always the wisest idea.

All in my opinion but I was the type that was never of sick unless truly unwell. Never lost the opinion throwing sickness and skiving under the FH banner is for slackers.

[stek]

In the past I have gone in with tonsillitis and a temperature of 103°F, however I have learnt that one day in bed is much better than 4-5 days working sub-100%, if you can WFH thats a bonus

In my last bout I was 40.9 C - I thought over 39.8 was certain death, I was shiiting it. tulip - converted it - 106F....

[psychocandy]

I did recently, and I paid the price! I tried to see out what I thought was flu turned out to be a serious infection, ended up in isolation ward unable to get out of bed for two weeks, contract gone and possible some goodwill too since I become the the clients eyes unreliable.

I won't do it again, obviously a bit of a cold etc, fine, live with it but when it's something that's laying you out almost, and the only relief is Lemsips, time to visit the Quack and listen!

Of course, you've got to weigh up that. One day off or make yourself worse I guess.

[psychocandy]

If I can't do a full days work I don't bill. Simple as that. WFH should jot be used as a excuse to be under productive and still get paid. This will come back and bite you if the client sees your productivity drop. They will be watching for a drop in productivity or not being able to contact you even more when you are sick so WFH is not always the wisest idea.

All in my opinion but I was the type that was never of sick unless truly unwell. Never lost the opinion throwing sickness and skiving under the FH banner is for slackers.

But its all give and take aint it? I see no problem with taking a day WFH catching up on documentation etc and maybe putting in 5/6 hours of work.

After all, certainly in my situation, the client will get a 10 hour day out of me in the near future when I'm doing some work on their live customer site.

I dont see the difference between those contractors who work the extra hours mon-thurs and leave lunchtime on friday. Client aint getting a full day friday but in the bigger picture they're getting their worth.

Again in my circumstance, the client does better out of the deal than I do with extra hours - thats for sure.

[JoJoGabor]

People coming in when sick really winds me up. Dont come in and make the whole team sick and make us endure your relentless sneazing, sniffing and wheezing. We're all contractors, we can afford to miss the odd day of work and annual income should not be calculated without taking into account absences.

[Old Greg]

But its all give and take aint it? I see no problem with taking a day WFH catching up on documentation etc and maybe putting in 5/6 hours of work.

After all, certainly in my situation, the client will get a 10 hour day out of me in the near future when I'm doing some work on their live customer site.

I dont see the difference between those contractors who work the extra hours mon-thurs and leave lunchtime on friday. Client aint getting a full day friday but in the bigger picture they're getting their worth.

Again in my circumstance, the client does better out of the deal than I do with extra hours - thats for sure.

I travel to the client site when I need to and work at home when I don't. Simples.

[Gentile]

Big difference between permie sickie and contractor sickie for obvious reasons. lol.

I know when I was a young lad permie I still used to struggle in to work unless I was really ill. As I got older, I wised up to this, and any hint of illness and sickie it was.

As a contractor though, I tend to go in even if I'm ill. What about the rest of you? Or do you insist with client that you get to WFH if you're not feeling 100%

When I was a permie I used to get a bit annoyed at people that would turn up coughing and spluttering all over the office, making half of their colleagues ill in the process. Usually they saw themselves as martyrs, but in reality they were more Typhoid Marys that caused a net loss to the team as more people phoned in sick owing to picking up their germs.

As a contractor, there are obviously incentives to coming in even when sick. Not just for financial reasons either, but because as a business you don't want to let the client down and you don't want to go to the hassle of providing a subbie for a day (if you can even find one to work a day or two at short notice). However, I'd still try and take any sick days that I needed rather than spread disease. Thankfully it's not an issue too often; I can't think of a single contract day I've lost through sickness.