How much sick have you had?

Post by **baldrick** » 17 Oct 2010, 07:36

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:I have been on strike more days than Ive been off sick

Me too!

Stormproof · Post by **Stormproof** » 17 Oct 2010, 08:50

No idea, probably about 120. Just had a few s**t years I guess. I used to worry about keeping my job and rush back to work probably before I should have done. Not any more, they don't thank you for it. I'm only off now because they did'nt take ATOS advice and its screwed my knee up even more and the Dr were'nt happy.

brothermagrew · Post by **brothermagrew** » 17 Oct 2010, 09:10

Next month sees 22 years service with Royal Mail and had zero absences to date.

dados · Post by **dados** » 17 Oct 2010, 09:46

4 years service,10 months on sick,prior to this,nil,& that includes 12 years in the forces,10 years self employed, & by f*ck have the arseholes been busy paying me back for that time off in their sly wee digs & harrassment (but not harrassment in RM eyes,obviously,cos that would be wrong)

axeman · Post by **axeman** » 17 Oct 2010, 10:02

Over the many years ..loads treat me like shi* and i'll repay the compliment ...............

watdeadlyone · Post by **watdeadlyone** » 17 Oct 2010, 13:45

Totally agree axeman

Post by **General Mannerheim** » 17 Oct 2010, 14:53

Upto 19 years service I had been off 9 days.
Last 3 years been in work about half the time.Including the middle year of 11 months off.

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 17 Oct 2010, 19:20

DGP1 wrote:A number of years...................and a whole load of days sick.

Treat me like crap and I'll return the favour

My sentiments,exactly.

taurus88 · Post by **taurus88** » 17 Oct 2010, 19:27

I've not had a day off work in my life for sickness. Admittedly, I've only worked for about two years of my life what with education and all that, but I'm still a pretty rugged, stubborn sort for no good reason that I can think of. When I was at school I was always off - not because I was ill but because quite often I couldn't be arsed. Great thing about school was you never had to ring in, just turn up with a note next week. My mum was always great - if I ever fancied a week off she didn't care much. Her faith in me was rewarded with all Bs pretty much all the way throughout my education.

I actually worked it out recently and I missed over a year of my school life due to moving house, being off 'sick' and being off lazy. That's a ruddy long time, I can only imagine how super intelligent I would have been had I attended all of the time rather than some of it.

post_bitch · Post by **post_bitch** » 17 Oct 2010, 23:27

going to work makes me ill and sick , i just need to walk about and bear it

and when i get home i collapse

Post by **baldrick** » 18 Oct 2010, 07:10

taurus88 wrote:I actually worked it out recently and I missed over a year of my school life due to moving house, being off 'sick' and being off lazy. That's a ruddy long time, I can only imagine how super intelligent I would have been had I attended all of the time rather than some of it.

And you might have got a better job.

Post by **TeeferTiger** » 18 Oct 2010, 11:08

baldrick wrote:
taurus88 wrote:I actually worked it out recently and I missed over a year of my school life due to moving house, being off 'sick' and being off lazy. That's a ruddy long time, I can only imagine how super intelligent I would have been had I attended all of the time rather than some of it.
And you might have got a better job.

I got a minimum of Bs at GCSEs and 3 A Levels but I'm still with RM. To be honest, that's only because of the pay.

In rural areas there aren't many jobs that pay well enough to enable you to buy a house around here (bloody tourists coming in and retiring here or buying second houses!!) if you haven't got a degree etc. Quite a lot of the store manager type jobs that you do see around here, are the same as what I earned last year just being a minion.

Post by **Theghost** » 18 Oct 2010, 12:28

Wow,Alot of goodies on here.

Service = 15 years 6 months.

Sick = 372 days.

6 weeks serious illness,1 Week bad foot from football,1 week flu,1 week fell off a roof,1 week conjuctivitis,The rest of the time nothing wrong with me,Does anybody get any thanks for attending work? NO.

Balls to the company,Work the system and get out of it what you can,Some will gripe and say its wrong,I say the way we are treated is wrong,My respect went out of the window years ago for Royal Mail,Enjoy sitting on your backside and being paid for it,You deserve it.

post_bitch · Post by **post_bitch** » 18 Oct 2010, 15:42

Theghost wrote:Wow,Alot of goodies on here.

Service = 15 years 6 months.

Sick = 372 days.

6 weeks serious illness,1 Week bad foot from football,1 week flu,1 week fell off a roof,1 week conjuctivitis,The rest of the time nothing wrong with me,Does anybody get any thanks for attending work? NO.

Balls to the company,Work the system and get out of it what you can,Some will gripe and say its wrong,I say the way we are treated is wrong,My respect went out of the window years ago for Royal Mail,Enjoy sitting on your backside and being paid for it,You deserve it.

you woudlnt get away with it in other companys
I still dont understand how RM allow it and does not reward good attendance but the reward is 2 weeks a year faking illness for those who feel like it .

Post by **dvbuk55** » 18 Oct 2010, 16:19

It's an easy hole to plug - stop paying for sickness and lo and behold the sickness rate would fall by 50%.

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