I haven't taken 18 sick days in my 15 years of working. At 1.5 sick days per month, or 18 a year, I have well over 200 days banked.
It pisses me off when I see so many colleagues taking "mental health days".... or worse, "mental health vacations" (the latter being where someone gets a quack doctor or family friend doctor to sign off on extended leave for either a non-existant or minor injury). And don't tell me that calling in sick when you are not is a government only thing... just as many people in the private sector were playing the same games with their sick days.
I am a project manager and if my staff are calling in sick... and I know they are faking being sick.... it's my neck in a sling when the project is late. But I have no right to demand a doctor's note. And as mentioned, even if I did want a doctor's note, it's not hard to find a quack willing to sign off on it....
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