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DotGone

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23. Calling in sick can get you fired

Reply to Dopers_Greed (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 11:54 PM

Oct 2014

In the places I worked, calling in sick gets you a demerit on your record. 3 call outs within a 12 month span and you were gone. 2 call outs got you a negative review and no raise (however crappy they were). Missing days also meant missing $$$. Needless to say, those places were a germ bank.

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