Is it morally okay to take a sick day for reasons other than being sick?

[Forsaken Wanderer]

Let's say something was going on that was going to make life difficult for you on a work day for example.

 

[Twinkletard]

I guess it depends on what you're going to do in lieu of skipping out on work. I'd try to reason it out with your boss if it's not for something gay or retarded instead of wasting a sick day on it.

 

[SNU]

Yes. However, you will be punished. You will return to work, everyone will witness you have recovered, then a couple days later you will actually get sick for real and you'll have to decide between taking another sick day which would make you look suspicious or hide your illness and work anyway

 

[WTBOnlineFather]

Morals are subjective broski, but I think most people will say yes. I would say it's fine as long as I'm actually doing something productive and reasonable. I can pretty much take any day off at will using my normally allotted time off so it's not like using sick days instead would enable me to do something I otherwise wouldn't be able to do. I still prefer to keep sick days for when I'm actually sick, but at the end of the year if I have any sick days left I'll use them up in lieu of PTO (that can get transferred to the next year instead). But only because my boss is cool with that and it doesn't cause him any asspain.

 

[Pedophobe]

The righteous man would schedule an approved vacation day in advance for such a thing.

 

[Señora Airi]

No, child. That is fraud. Enjoy prison.

 

[Forsaken Wanderer]

Yes. However, you will be punished. You will return to work, everyone will witness you have recovered, then a couple days later you will actually get sick for real and you'll have to decide between taking another sick day which would make you look suspicious or hide your illness and work anyway

It do be like that, it will just happen to be the week that you catch a nasty flu and get super sick for real the day after you return.

 

[Mariposa2.0 LTE]

Fuck employers. They'll fire you for much less.

 

[Huh what?]

It's your time, use it when you need it.

 

[XANA]

Yes. Your boss(es) and company do not give a single shit about you as a person; their goal is to try to make you work as much as they feasibly can. You have the benefits, use them within reason. Don't splurge on all your sick/pto days and fuck yourself over when you actually get sick.

 

[Schwarzwald]

I think the vast majority of people do on occasion aside from uptight autists. But, everybody also gets extremely upset at others when they suspect them of doing so.

 

[Shroom King]

I guess it depends on what you're going to do in lieu of skipping out on work. I'd try to reason it out with your boss if it's not for something gay or retarded instead of wasting a sick day on it.

I had a guy who needed a day off so he could go to the bank to buy a boat. I just fit it into the schedule. But if he would have said he was sick, and then showed everyone pictures of the boat he just bought the next day, I would have been irritated.

PROTIP: Don't irritate the person who controls your work schedule.

 

[JethroTullamore]

I don’t know, is it morally ok for a multi-billion dollar corporation where the CEO makes 20 million dollars a year, to give me a 2 percent raise while at the same time raising heath insurance costs and hardly paying me enough to survive?

I’ll call off when I feel like it and they can get fucked, I don’t even give a reason beyond “an unfortunate issue” and I do it in a fucking email.

 

[Cloaca Rimjob]

Ive took sick days for being hungover. This is from WFH too so imagine how bad I was lol

 

[Jason Wynn]

If you have the PPTO to cover the day you call out, and you don’t have a habit of frequently calling out, nobody’s gonna give a shit. Just be discreet about the reasons why you’re calling out, a simple “I’m unable to come in today” is all they need. Give them ample time to make arrangements for your absence, don’t call out five minutes from when you’re supposed to be there and you’ll be golden.

Just don’t make a habit of doing it too frequently.

 

[Moon Guy]

If you have it use it. Unless they pay it out at the end of the year, I would prefer a day off then the money. Because one thing you will never get back is time, as black pilling as that statement is.

 

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

Sick days are for vacation, you can just be sick at work.