This work has me burnt out and I plan on taking a break from working, and love from a decent savings for a while. I don't plan on coming back to this company when I'm done, however I will need a job eventually. As I will need to get a reference from my boss, I want to know if they are allowed/likely to use sickdays against me.
I'm only required to provide a doctor's note if I'm sick for 3 or more days, so I plan on putting in my notice and taking my sickdays for 2 days at a time, come in for a day, then take 2 more, to just work one day a week. I have enough sick leave to do this for 3 weeks, but I will need to give my notice around the start of this time too, and with the consistency of my “sickness” it will be pretty clear what I'm doing, but the company cannot stop me or complain to me about it as I am entitled to those sickdays.
What I don't know however is if they will use it as a point against me in a referral call from a future prospective employer. How likely is this, provided my work i have done whilst actuslly there was up to good, and has anyone done anything similar?
Apologies if this is not the correct sub for such a concern