Discussion on another message board got me thinking.

The guy who posted the initial thread was pissed off that he was on a probation of sorts because he was absent 20 days a year. It's a Canadian message board & people are calling him down for his laziness. (He does sound like a bit of a tool).

A Canadian who recently moved to Nebraska said he gets no paid sick days.

I had 10 paid sick days at my last job. This job gives me six sick days & two personal days per year. The personal days can only be used once I've been here a year.

My father was a teacher & any unused sick days were rolled over to the next year & when he retired, he got to include them in his generous settlement package.

We don't get rollovers.

Anyway, that discussion got me curious about you peeps when you have to call in with the sniffles/Mental Health Days/etc.

Also, how often do you call in sick? Is it possible in your line of work? I admit, I pretty much always use my sick days as impromptu vacation days. Murphy's Law --the few times I get the flu or a cold, work's too busy for me to call in sick.