Do you feel guilty?

[mamamia88]

when someone calls in sick and your boss calls offering you their shift on your day off and you decline? just happened to me. I really didn't want to go in so i turned it down but I feel guilty. am i the only one like this?

[NCLI]

Nope.

Your boss asked you a favor, you didn't feel like doing it, or didn't have the time, and he'll have to ask someone else.

[sydbat]

when someone calls in sick and your boss calls offering you their shift on your day off and you decline? just happened to me. I really didn't want to go in so i turned it down but I feel guilty. am i the only one like this?Yes.):P

It is your day off, you have the choice of working or not. Your boss is just looking around to find someone to cover the shift.

I knew someone who quit a job they hated, then continued to work there fairly regularly because they kept saying yes when their former boss would call and tell them (not ask) when they were working. It took me, and others, almost 3 months to convince this person that they had QUIT the job and no longer had to work for their former employer. AND they were also working full time at a new job. They couldn't figure out why they had no free time.

So, guilt can mess with you, if you let it. Remember, it is only a job and not your life.

[Frogs Hair]

I used sick days for when I was sick . I got paid for them at the end of the year and a $500.00 bonus for not calling in. The only way I would feel guilty is calling in when I didn't need to. I would also feel guilty if the company failed to meet an on time delivery of goods or services because I refused to work.

[forrestcupp]

Yes, that makes me feel guilty. But the feeling of not wanting to work on my day off supersedes that feeling of guilt.

[dapperdanny77]

a guilty conscience is usually something companies playing with to get more from their employees - take care, it's just a job

[squilookle]

I've felt guilty for not doing overtime when it was offered to me in the past. It's not a problem that you feel that, other than the fact it's not pleasant for you.

I turned down some overtime offered by the manager of my old team a few weeks ago (I work in the same place but moved to a new job in another department 2 years ago) and I felt bad for about 30 seconds, then I got over it. 5 years ago, I would have beat myself up for days.

However, I do 2 jobs plus some freelance work, and I've learned to say no because I have to. Otherwise I would have literally no free time at all.

Also, I've helped them out before and the problems I've experienced ranged from that same manager telling me off for being 2 minutes late (despite the fact I had just dropped everything at short notice to help them, I did not appreciate that), through to jobs I had started during the overtime not being reassigned properly to someone that now works on that team resulting in the hob coming back to me later (interupting my own job in the process).

Besides, its their problem/fault that they don't have the cover that they need. This kind of thing can happen at any time and they should be prepared. (Talking about my workplace, because I know their situation, but this may apply to your workplace too).

[ebasa]

Yep, I have never felt guilt for anything, just sometime regret

[Tristam Green]

No. Never.

[McRat]

As an employer, I would not expect somebody to work on their day off. I might ask if I'm in a crush, but I would not blame an employee for saying no. If I told them they have XXXday off, calling them in is breaking my word, not theirs.

[gemmakaru]

I had three months off sick for recovery from an operation. I am still having to take a days holiday every three weeks for wound treatment, but really need to take more time off sick to have further surgery to sort it out. I feel guilty about doing this. And they don't pay sick leave. Not sure what to do tbh, this year has been hell for me and it not getting better.

[NCLI]

I had three months off sick for recovery from an operation. I am still having to take a days holiday every three weeks for wound treatment, but really need to take more time off sick to have further surgery to sort it out. I feel guilty about doing this. And they don't pay sick leave. Not sure what to do tbh, this year has been hell for me and it not getting better.

You don't get sick leave, seriously?? What country do you live in!?

[ubunterooster]

I feel guilty when denying anything :(

[Timmer1240]

I will usually work if my boss calls me after hours but I get payed damn good for it so I hate to turn down easymoney!

[Legendary_Bibo]

The first job I worked at would call me in and I'd happily do it, but they would scrape those hours off so I wouldn't get overtime.
I quit after a month because they did it more than once. :D
So now I never feel guilty by saying no because you might have a manager who will scrape hours that you've worked because they didn't manage the hours they were supposed to hand out to the employees correctly. Oh and I was a bagger at a grocery story which for minimum wage, really sucked.

[ParadoxBlue]

Don't feel guilty. Your day off is your day off. If you don't want to be called and asked to work then shut your phone off/unplug it/turn off the ringer, etc. What happens at your place of work on your day off is neither your problem nor your concern. I usually go in to work if called and asked because it means more money for me. The only reason I would feel guilty about saying no is that I would be cutting myself out of a bigger paycheck. You are PRIMARY, the job is secondary. Also remember the old saying about giving someone an inch and having them take a mile.