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Excuse? Doesn't quite work like that - this isn't school dude. When not at work, work follows you and your constantly checking your BB every 5 minutes.
I don't think you actually work in the real world.
The clap.
Family member death. My employers think my family lives in Darfur.
i'm sure at one point or another you have missed a day at work, and you must have given an excuse, whether real or fake
For 2011 I have yet to use a sick or vacation day.
damn save them days up
Tell your boss you're taking his wife to the hospital because she can't stand straight any longer and her knees are constantly buckling.
My favourite uncle was lynched by some of the people who worked for him under the pretense of a revolution. I need a day off to go find my cousin who is hiding from them and planning revenge.
Abducted by aliens, never fails.
Actually seriously curious about this as we'll all need it once a year or so.
There is at least 1 day a year where you completely feel like shit and just really need a day off to energize and recoup. If you've worked 110 hours a week for the past 4 weeks with zero weekends off and feel like killing yourself then...
What would your excuse be to just sleep in and recover?
That's the one Sunday you don't have to go in until 2 pm....You do not just call in sick to work because like I said earlier your work still needs to get done whether or not you are in the office. If you've been on a bender and know your plate is going to be empty one morning, sure you can sleep in a little late and nobody will notice your gone. It's not like people come around taking role every morning.
I guess it all depends on your line of work, too. My original post was directed at working people in general, not just the hardcore IB people, you know? Some people have more flexibility whereas others like SHORTmyCDO might be on the short leash
Been working in IB/PE for 4.5 years and I've never failed to show up to work unless I had a planned vacation / day off. There were a couple of days that I showed up sick and got told to work from home. If you build a good rapport with your boss you won't feel the need to lie if something does come up.
No such thing as a day off really. You have a blackberry and a computer so, even if you can't come in, you're still expected to find time to get work done and be available.
"Hey Boss, theres a few things I have to take care of on Wednesday. You mind if I take the day off?"
That's what I used and no questions were asked.
Yup. Have only worked from home once. Even when traveling I'm at the very least checking and sending emails on my phone.
Interesting... Well I made this post because I have to take a day off for a final interview with another employer, and couldn't think of anything in such a short notice (interview early next week and it's already thursday)
When I was interviewing and coming up with excuses, I'd usually say, I have a last minute doctors appointment, dental emergency, etc. or I'd say I need a personal day off (I wasn't in a intense pe, bb, etc role, personal days were accepted)
Another one since timing wise this will work, is saying that I'm trying to use up vacay days before the end of the year.
personal day has been the best approach....never liked the family death excuse since shit is published in the paper and who the f knows what could go down....
just take it off, they usually understand if you are sick / have to go somewhere. If you need to "lie" about it then you probably won't survive.
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