How ill do you have to be to pull a contractor sickie?

[DimPrawn]

I was discharged from hospital at 4:23 am and at my desk at 8:31am

MTFU!

It took you over 4 hours to get from hospital to work? Next time, insist on being taken to the closest hospital to the end client.

Pathetic!

[eek]

I was discharged from hospital at 4:23 am and at my desk at 8:31am

MTFU!

Yep and as productive* that day as all other days....

* As no one has a clue what he did we couldn't tell the difference....

[psychocandy]

Mid contract, and they had no notice as I had to leave work in a hurry to get to my GP, and they set me straight to casualty

After two months I went back, a weird time the other contractor in the office got Gout shortly afterwards as well

But being public sector it would have taken them two months to even think of recruiting anyone so they probably did the right thing doing nothing

Two monhts out not cool but least they kept it open for you.

[TheFaQQer]

Pulling a sickie implies you don't have to be ill at all.

Taking a day off through illness - it depends on the nature of the illness, where I am working, and whether I feel like working through it or not.

I have no qualms about taking a day off when I'm not well enough to work - when I was really ill, I had six weeks off and lost the contract. Could I have worked through it? Absolutely not. If I'd been working at home then I'd have probably managed the last two weeks of my time off, but nothing other than that.

[SantaClaus]

After a week off in Spain where I felt rough all week back at client today still feeling semi-rough. But since I'm COTBAC Im here. I wouldnt be if I was permie!
Unfortunately, WFH not an option at this client or I'd have pulled that one.

Whats the worse you've been and still turned up?
In the past, I did turn up once having a really bad dose of the squits - probably spent at least 40% of the day in the 'trap'.
I was always jokingly say I'd have to be bleeding from the eyeballs not to turn up. :-)

On a serious note, there must come a point where you're potentially making yourself even worse risking longer time off or just not being able to perform at client site.

Mate of mine (teacher not contractor) showed up to work for weeks when he was ill - ended up in hospital with pneumonia. Not cool. Especiually since hes a teacher and could have pulled an easy sickie.

If you're working in the City, you're fit for work if you can crawl to your desk.

[MarillionFan]

I once got knocked over on a pedestrian crossing, breaking two dozen bones and died on the way to hospital. I still made it in the next morning albeit an hour late which I worked overtime to make it up.

MTFU

[SimonMac]

I once got knocked over on a pedestrian crossing, breaking two dozen bones and died on the way to hospital. I still made it in the next morning albeit an hour late which I worked overtime to make it up.

MTFU

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...-delusion.html

[SpontaneousOrder]

Depends if a few hundred quid for a day in bed seem like good value at the time, or not.

[d000hg]

I once got knocked over on a pedestrian crossing, breaking two dozen bones and died on the way to hospital. I still made it in the next morning albeit an hour late which I worked overtime to make it up.

MTFU

Permie.

[psychocandy]

Depends if a few hundred quid for a day in bed seem like good value at the time, or not.

Aye thats the bottom line aint it