Context: Last week I got extremely sick after a work dinner where we were brought to a restaurant that serves purposely undercooked meat. I mean super rare. The following night, and day I was bent over a toilet bowl throwing up, with a pretty high fever to boot. 48 hours was enough for it to flush out of my system but it was Hell.
Today, my boss brings me aside to discuss “concerning behaviour”… what? I've been here 4 weeks and get along with everybody, but OK I'll bite. What's up?
“Never in my career have I seen someone take so many sick days in such a short time period”.
Funny enough I actually worked those 2 days when I wasn't heaving or passing out from my fever. Didn't even take PTO (of which I have unlimited).
There was a very serious “your career hangs in the balance” vibe to this whole meeting.
So yeah, this bullshit happens in white collar jobs too. World is a fuck.