Me: I’m not feeling well. Going to take a sick day.
Boss: Ok, feel better.
HR: You need a doctor’s note for the sick time to be approved.
Me: I just feel “blech” and need to rest.
HR: Doesn’t matter. We need a doctor’s note.
Me: [Slugs to urgent care, waits 3 hours to see a doctor]
Doctor: Just go home and rest.
Receptionist: That’ll be $35 for the co-pay.
Me: (twitch)
Nothing promotes healing quite like having to trek out, expose yourself to more germs and stress over a f@&!ing piece of paper. /s
Glad your boss is chill at least. Hope you feel better!
“Now I need two sick days off…”
There was a post some time ago where someone mentioned going to the doctor for an employer-mandated sick note and the doctor was so irritated by it, that they wrote the note demanding 3 days of bed rest, rather than the 1 that had originally been requested. Thought that was pretty classy.
That’s how it should be. When I was asked to get a doctor’s note FROM MY SURGEON, the entire surgical team laughed because it’s such an outrageous request.
And it’s insulting to even be asked when you almost never take sick days off.