Called in sick at work yesterday. (I have accumulated the PTO (paid time off).) I was exhausted and slept a lot. I think I've been stretching myself too thin lately, with all the cooking at night after work (with my new food processor) and then taking the photos and formatting them, and then blogging into the night.
For me, calling in sick when I feel crappy is more salubrious than taking a pre-planned day off as vacation, but there's a stigma attached to calling in sick. (So I don't do it a lot.) But PTO is PTO. I think smart managers should be aware of individuals' different styles of stress-management and self-rejuvenation. Everybody's different. (And if a department is not staffed so as to be able to deal with more than one person calling in sick or otherwise being absent - which is basically the case nowadays - then that's a management problem re: staffing.) (But as I said, I don't call in sick often.)
This morning I felt remarkably refreshed and ready for work. Day went well. Didn't get a very good snooze on the bus on my way home, however - the bus's horn developed a short and was going full blast for a mile or so before the bus driver stopped (at 79th Street) and had us all get off to catch another bus while she called the transit agency. (This is not the first time I've been on a bus that developed a horn problem and had to get off it.)
For me, calling in sick when I feel crappy is more salubrious than taking a pre-planned day off as vacation, but there's a stigma attached to calling in sick. (So I don't do it a lot.) But PTO is PTO. I think smart managers should be aware of individuals' different styles of stress-management and self-rejuvenation. Everybody's different. (And if a department is not staffed so as to be able to deal with more than one person calling in sick or otherwise being absent - which is basically the case nowadays - then that's a management problem re: staffing.) (But as I said, I don't call in sick often.)
This morning I felt remarkably refreshed and ready for work. Day went well. Didn't get a very good snooze on the bus on my way home, however - the bus's horn developed a short and was going full blast for a mile or so before the bus driver stopped (at 79th Street) and had us all get off to catch another bus while she called the transit agency. (This is not the first time I've been on a bus that developed a horn problem and had to get off it.)
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