What's the point of sick days?

[vardenafil]

What's the point of sick days if you can't even use them? I made the mistake of Coming into work and hoping the district Scheduler could find me relief. After the third or fourth time throwing up i still don't have relief. I work for the second largest grocery store chain in the country in a major market and they have no floaters? I think the Scheduler don't care as long as you show up

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[ChalupaBatman86]

There's probably 4 or 5 pharmacists in a 50 mile radius (not necessarily in your district) who love OT. Find out who they are, get their cell phone numbers, and text them yourself when you are sick.

 

[BMBiology]

Grocery chains are already struggling. If they end up closing then you will have plenty of opportunity to use your sick days.

 

[vardenafil]

There's probably 4 or 5 pharmacists in a 50 mile radius (not necessarily in your district) who love OT. Find out who they are, get their cell phone numbers, and text them yourself when you are sick.

That is what bugs me the most. I probably worked 9 or 10 shifts this year where the Scheduler called me in a bind because someone else called out sick. I never think twice about helping her out. And when i need the favor returned she can't help me.

 

[npatel1050]

What's the point of sick days if you can't even use them? I made the mistake of Coming into work and hoping the district Scheduler could find me relief. After the third or fourth time throwing up i still don't have relief. I work for the second largest grocery store chain in the country in a major market and they have no floaters? I think the Scheduler don't care as long as you show up

Is it legal to mandate a pharmacist to stay on duty even if he/she is not medically fit to work? If I was throwing up at work, I would pack up and leave. Close the damn pharmacy for all I care. I don't understand how retail expects you to just tough it out until they find someone else to come in.

 

[Carboxide]

They can only ASK you to come in. They cannot MAKE you come in when you are calling in. You agreed to come in. Of course they are not going to try to find a replacement now. The store is staffed, you must be ok enough if you agreed to work at all.

 

[opinionfree]

Silly goose!
If you can make it in to work, you can work.
Lesson learned.?
So next time you wake up and can't fulfill your work obligations, you will: A.) suffer in sickness through your scheduled shift? OR B.) call in sick?

HINT: the answer is B.
Unfortunately, pharmacists have these ridiculous and irrational fears that if they call in sick they will be fired, get smaller raises or some other nonsense (usually involving some kind of anal exploitation).

 

[confettiflyer]

I have to be pretty much immobile to not show up to work. I can hide in a corner, put on a mask, use the restroom every 15mins, send my student on rounds, and still crank out orders like a fiend.

Just sanitize my work area when I'm done.

 

[rxlea]

I have to be pretty much immobile to not show up to work. I can hide in a corner, put on a mask, use the restroom every 15mins, send my student on rounds, and still crank out orders like a fiend.

Just sanitize my work area when I'm done.

This.

 

[opinionfree]

I have to be pretty much immobile to not show up to work. I can hide in a corner, put on a mask, use the restroom every 15mins, send my student on rounds, and still crank out orders like a fiend.

Just sanitize my work area when I'm done.

Wow!
Why?
This is sooooo wrong on so many levels. And you're being serious.
Run boys and girls, Run!!!

 

[trailerpark]

Pharmacists don't have sick days. Just go to work and pass out if you want a replacement.

 

[pharmgirl2440]

There is so much pressure as a pharmacist to not call in sick that it is rediculous. I have thrown up at work, had a fever, and coughed non stop and still be asked to come in. No matter what pharmacy manager I have had they frown upon you calling in sick and tend to not believe you. It is pretty ****ty. If i cant make it to work then the pharmacy does not open. Today when I was counseling a patient they actually told me that they hope I feel better this was without complaining about being sick they just noticed how sick I looked. Welcome to retail life.

 

[Momus]

So I can pretend sick and get paid while I am home sleeping in and watching Netflix...

 

[sosoo]

when you work for food or health industry, u should not work while sick. you're only spreading disease. check on OSHA.

 

[bacillus1]

This is a retail problem. People call off all the time at both of the hospital jobs that I have.

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Depends on the shift. During day shift, I am comfortable calling out when sick or taking sick leave for a doctor's appointment. When it's either the weekend or graveyard shift, when we are very understaffed, I typically do not call out when sick, but I guess I would if I were throwing up.

 

[bacillus1]

I mean, I never called off in the past 4 years. All our time is in one pot so I'd rather tough it out (unless vomiting, etc) than lose a vacation day.

Most people call off in advance (12- 24 hours) for night shift and our management is really awesome about coming in to cover no matter what shift if they can't get someone in there.

Wow, nice. I don't think our managers would know what to do when covering our shifts. Also, for day shift, I usually feel guilty, because calling out will mean someone else will have to do my job in addition to theirs.

 

[gwarm01]

They are damn good at checking the counter and verifying Tylenol and fluid orders. I'm talking strictly about my staffing shifts.

Funny thing is I get more worried when a "clinical specialist" comes in to fill a central staffing slot than when it's the other way around. We have this one pharmacist who will sit there and talk about how easy it is, he can't believe how little there is to do. Meanwhile he isn't verifying orders, answering the phone, checking meds. I'm not sure what it is he thinks he is supposed to do. It's pretty funny.. poor guy, I really like him too. He's great at critical care, but it's funny how he can't handle the tasks that he often remarks are beneath him.

 

[pezdispenser]

Walgreens changed to the PTO system last year which combines sick days and vacation. Before, we used to get 6 sick days and start off with 2 weeks of vacation. I would just call out sick on random days to have a rest and use up my sick time. But others never used theirs so it just accumulated and is now in a frozen sick time bank which can only be used after your PTO runs out.

Anyway, we now get an extra week (5 days) of PTO, so you start off with 3 weeks per year. I think it's much better for us pharmacists because you can use more time for vacation, and don't have this BS about not getting to use sick time because of no coverage.

 

[Got Em]

This is complete BS. If you show up to work and vomit multiple times, you need to leave, period. You have already spoken to the scheduler and gave her a few hours to work with. This is the time to close down the pharmacy. What are they going to do...fire you? No way. It takes a lot of money to retrain a new pharmacist. Everyone gets sick. Just close down the pharmacy.

 

[BidingMyTime]

Because of people who fake being sick, or who call in sick with a sniffle, schedulers will try to pressure you into going into work just to make sure you aren't faking it. If you do go in, then they know you were faking it (unfortunately in your case, you didn't know that was what was going on, so you went to work sick.) Vomiting/fever/intractable diarrhea--do not go into work (and I'm sure its against your areas health codes anyway.) Colds/sniffles/coughs aren't pleasant, but should be able to be managed to work through.

 

[BidingMyTime]

Bottom line, if you are too sick to work, then you are to sick to go into work even just to open, and risk killing someone. If you are well enough to go into open, then you are well enough to work the whole shift.

 

[panasoniku]

This is complete BS. If you show up to work and vomit multiple times, you need to leave, period. You have already spoken to the scheduler and gave her a few hours to work with. This is the time to close down the pharmacy. What are they going to do...fire you? No way. It takes a lot of money to retrain a new pharmacist. Everyone gets sick. Just close down the pharmacy.

I work Per Diem at a retail pharmacy chain and basically cover weekends. The Sat morning pharmacist was sick half hour into her shift, so I was asked to cover. The pharmacist didn't wait for me to come before closing and leaving 🙂.

 

[Eichhoernchen]

The only benefit of saturated market - you can always get someone to cover your shift. 😀