Also, I'm too well to go into work. We called them "well days"
Did someone tell you to "feel worse soon" if you took a well day?
(I say this in jest)
Haha no, but that's a good one.
In 1979, because homosexuality was listed as an illness in Sweden at the time, a few people called into work saying they "felt gay".
One person even got state benefits for being homosexual
As the article points out, that was only a very small part of the overall effort to change the classification, however it's still quite funny to think about.
So "I diagnose you with gay" was a real thing a doctor could legitimately say lmao.
A few times some relatives (English not being their native language), when I was younger, would ask me "are you of the gay?!"
I always use the phrase whenever I can. Just typing it is making me laugh.
In new zealand. You can
In Poland also, 4 times a year. But then everybody assumes, You just got drunk. Which is usually true.
Australia too, they're called mental health days.
There's plenty days where I'm either burnt the fuck out or feel overwhelmingly constricted by my schedule, as lenient that it is I hate that I have a schedule at all. On those days I'll just sit back and watch a few space/post apocolyptic movies and maybe do a few minutes of work in between them.
I'm able to do that and don't even have to hide it, I tell my boss I'm having a movie day and he usually leaves me alone unless something big pops up. He started doing the same, he's just not as good at it yet.
I've wanted to find a new job for more money for a while, but these kind of benifits aren't listed in job posting and I don't think I'd last anywhere that wasn't as lenient.
as lenient that it is I hate that I have a schedule at all.
I feel this
That's called sick
Exactly... No need to tell them any more than that.
My company has recharge days, basically a separate PTO budget you can use at any time for any reason. I use them so I can go to the beach because it's always fucking raining during the weekend in NL.
If you're caught crying outside the break room, that's a writeup. It's how Ash got canned.
My kids have days they can call in just for mental health
I wish I had that
I mean, I run my own business, but still...
We basically can at my job, but despite our coworker/manager passing away over the weekend it still feels like we're all obligated to show up to our daily zoom check ins because everyone is trying to process and seeing faces every day probably helps. If it weren't for that I'd call in sad for the week.
Do you not get mental health days?
No
I've got a pretty good manager so he's been very understanding when I've had to call of sick due to mental health.
My work, and many others in my area, have well being days. As well as sick days and annual leave.
You can take a well being day at any time for any reason. The main intent is that it's a mental health day essentially. So we can call in sad, but you don't have to say "I'm not coming in cause I'm sad".
Some places are implementing mental health days. I assume. I feel like I heard someone say that before. Might've just been the echoes of my own fervent wishes.
My company instituted "Wellbeing Days." They marked three days throughout the year on everyone's calendar and said you should avoid answering calls or attending meetings on those days, instead focusing on personal reflection and development.
... so I stayed home and focused on developing my Elden Ring skills.
I can't say I would play a From Soft game for my mental health...
They're actually pretty zen once the repetition "clicks" for you.
I like the idea of not going because the day is too fantastic to waste. I had (mandatory if you work more then 35h/week,) "RTT" days you could pop like.
I do. It's called being sick. Just can't do it for 3 days in a row without raising flags. 4 days and you gotta get FMLA stuff filled out.
I definitely do. I just play sick
I did yesterday was just honest said I feel fucking awful combo of therapy and ptsd meds has my head done in and I'm not coming in... there cool with it, mind you om in the uk so we have rites and stuff.
Like five years ago, I was a laborer, and I started having a panic attack in the morning before work. I called my boss who was also my friend.
He was sympathetic and told me to just come in to work anyway. I couldn't move.
Later that year, I quit and went back to school for four years, and now can't find a job.
Why is life like this?
Both my spouse and I paid to have our CVs professionally written, job coaching, and it paid for itself in the first couple of months. Not America though.
Because we've tied all value to capital and the only capital most people start with is their time. Aside from changing the system which I do support, the only thing you can do is play the game the best you can while minimizing the abuse of others.
I mean you can. You'll still have to show up though.
Several jobs I have had have included mental health days as part of sick time so you can in fact get paid to not come to work if you are feeling sad
Feeling sad is not a mental health issue.
Do you think you could perform your job at 100% if you found out that your child died that morning? Do you think you might have a higher chance of making a careless mistake if your dog was scheduled to be put down when you get home from work? Do you want a surgeon cutting you open the same day they found out their SO cheated on them?
Feeling sad is mental health and can 100% have a serious impact on your job
None of those very valid examples are commonly tied with "today I feel sad".
Imagine the sort of person that had their child die and being "O no I feel sad!".
Luckily life happens inside and outside the workplace. You, or let's say I, I will be sad and working, I will be happy and working.
I won't work, if something egregious like you mentioned happened to me, or even a lot less.
You wouldn’t categorize your dog being put down as a day where you might say “I feel sad” ?
I wouldn't categorize it as a day where you call in saying "I feel sad" and get a day off. I call it the day you call in saying "They just put down my dog" and get a day off.
And from an accounting perspective what are they going to put in as the reason why you aren’t at work?
Most companies don’t offer bereavement for a pet, personal time off could work but that can be a limited resource and it encourages a person to work through it, unpaid time off is the same thing, wait! sick leave kind of makes sense to use but the person isn’t really sick it’s more like their mental health isn’t doing great because they are sad that their dog is being put down.
My last 3 jobs at a minimum had the ability to take a mental health day for “I feel sad” and I just don’t remember anything later than that and that is in the U.S. which is known for having terrible work leave practices
I just don’t remember anything later than that
You may want to have that checked out.
But yes, you get the gist of it. Every company is somewhat unique in the way they may or may not be able to handle such an event.
"I feel sad" will get you in trouble with most companies of earth.
"They just put down my dog" will find some companies more willing to accept that as a reasonable motive to take a day off.
"I feel sick" will let you to stay home in most places / legislations.
I call them mental health days. Physical and mental health are both essential to personal well-being. If your supervisor blows up at this, they need to take a mental health day. Or week.
Time to get rid of the stigma that colds and flu are the only excuses to stay home. No one wants to work with someone in a shitty mood and having a day off to rest and recharge is absolutely necessary.
Some jobs do offer mental health days.
I just use sick days for that. Sick doesn't exclusively mean physical health and they're not obligated to know why you're taking time off — although thankfully most of my employers especially ones with younger management understood that sick = mental health too and it wasn't a taboo.
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