Also, I'm too well to go into work. We called them "well days"
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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.
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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.
Mental health days are real sick days
Employers can't legally do anything to stop you from taking time off
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If you're caught crying outside the break room, that's a writeup. It's how Ash got canned.
I feel like there used to be a time when calling in to work with melancholy was real. Except you didn't call, you sent a little orphan boy with a letter to your boss and then the orphan just did your job for you.
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.
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Do you not get mental health days?
No
I have a union job and all I have to do is text my boss "I'm using PTO today." 30 minutes before my shift starts.
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".
I definitely do. I just play sick
if you're struggling enough you can't force yourself to go into work, that aint playin sick that's a genuine mental health incident that needs to be treated with time off
managers don't need to know whether the illness is brain chemistry, respiratory, or digestive. nor should they care
if you're struggling enough you can't force yourself to go into work, that aint playin sick that's a genuine mental health incident that needs to be treated with time off
managers don't need to know whether the illness is brain chemistry, respiratory, or digestive. nor should they care
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
In The Sims 4, the sims can call this service number if they're feeling really sad and want to talk to someone about how sad they are.
I wish we had that kind of a service here for real.
is it not?… there are several services like this in australia… they even have specialties: we have multiple for queers even
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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
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Some jobs do offer mental health days.
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