I’ve been gone for two weeks. So what did I miss? I see some things about jobster but I haven’t decided if I should freak out yet.
James writes in to show me this gem: The Official 2007 Sick Day Calendar
I love it! I am notorious for not taking sick days though so what do I do to combat that?
Change everything to paid time off. I hate unplanned time off, it hurts the company big time and it usually hurts managers (as you have to replace with overtime or stay to keep the joint open). It also forces people to be untruthful in situations where they would likely be truthful. So, I plan far ahead. I just scheduled my time off for 2007 and if I get sick, I’ll have some leftovers to use.
Be wary though: if you do have sick days to use in this way, often times employers have rules regarding unexcused absences before or after a paid holiday. If your employer requires a note to get a sickness excused, you might be out of luck.
The jobacle.com blog is an interesting (if not entertaining) read.
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Welcome back. James must be stalking the blogosphere. I got a similar email about this and so have a few others.
CM, thanks for watching my back!
That’s what I get for scanning the blogs
Please accept my apology. We came up with this Sick Day Calendar and asked a bunch of friends to do what they could to help promote it. Part of that was e-mailing a few dozen of our favorite career blogs, message boards, etc. to help spread the word.
There was probably a better way to do this.
Again, I am sorry for anything that came across as unethical in the blogging world – it was never my intention to mislead.
I’m docking my own pay for a week!
Andrew, no problems. A bit of self-promotion doesn’t hurt.