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[Hanson]

I've called in sick only once in my 5 years here. Many of my colleagues also never call in sick. What's up with that?

Back home, I'd call in sick at least once every two months, if not more...

How 'bout you?

[just because]

1st. year 12 sick days - twice in hospital for laryngitis.
2nd. year 1 sick day
3rd year 6 sick days - got smaked in the head, couldn't see muh for a week.


I have a few

Edited - as my original post makes me look like a very lazy person

[lookingtoteach]

At my old school, you had to be on your death bed to call in sick. I had laryngitis and bronchitis and literally couldn't talk at all, but he made me wait until my spare class to go to the doctor and get medicine. And even though the doctor wrote a note that I was to be off for the rest of the day, I still had to teach three more high school conversational classes before I went home.

[Zark]

zero times in the last eight or nine years

I think the difference in the rate between here and a job back home - is that you realize that usually the burden of your absence is going to fall on a co-worker. So I usually just tough it out - come and get it done.

When I worked in Saudi (five of those years), your overtime came off the top and if it was a big day (sometimes nine hours) you might lose - in one day - $300 in overtime. Take those pills, buck up, and get to work!

[the_beaver]

Never in my life.

[SuperHero]

three times in nine years (twice last year), but I was so sick I couldn't even move. At my last job in Canada I came to work so sick for three days that on the fourth day my boss told me to go home or he would fire me for trying to get the entire office sick.

I really try to avoid calling in sick.

[VanIslander]

My first year here I was ill with all sorts of colds and chest infections from the students. But I went to school each and every day because there's no sub at my small hagwon.

In my second year here I stayed up all night once and the next morning convinced a Korean ex-teacher to sub for me.

Then in my third year, this month actually, I've missed THREE DAYS due to illness. I am really sick.

[Confused Canadian]

[desultude]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Badmojo]

I've never been sick enough yet to miss a day.

Even if I were feeling really terrible, I'd probably still go to work. No worries. Sit on the chair and hand out word search puzzles or tell them to draw.

Beautiful.

How many sick days do you have in your contract? I think I get three.

[Koreabound2004]

[desultude]

[Zyzyfer]

Only when I'm too ill to get out of bed, which is extremely rare. I haven't called in sick once in my three years here.

[manlyboy]