Do you feel guilty missing work even when you are legitimately ill?

I did at one time. However then I got very sick and I had to take off, even though with missing the last day of work for the week I had 15 hours of over time my managers tried to make me feel bad for missing. This same place I ended up with an ulcer due to the pressure they put on us. I finally realized though that my health was more important then any job. That they wouldn't care what happened to me due to trying to work when I should be in bed or that they wouldn't care if I spread my illness to others. That if I'm that sick I need to take care of myself before them otherwise I would end up in no shape to do anything.

I do feel guilty whenever I miss work. Even if I am sick or if I have an appointment. I always feel like I am disappointing someone or that people will look at me in the wrong way because I missed work. You know, make assumptions or something like that. I am just like that about most things. I am a person of my word and anytime I have to go against it I feel horribly guilty. I guess that's kind of how I look at work. You make a promise to be there and when you're not...I'm sure you get my point. My husband is always telling me to ease up or lighten up about it, and I am, but it is more difficult than I thougth it would be. So to you I say, don't feel so bad about missing work because you were sick. I'm sure that they managed to make it and I'm sure that you will have to cover someone else when they are absent. And I hope that you feel better soon. Guilt ways heavier when you're sick. Take care lecanis and don't beat yourself up. Take it from a few guilty absenteer. :) Get better soon.

I completely understand how you feel. I always feel guilty for not going to work. Even if I am terribly ill. I end up laying in bed thinking "I could've gone today, why am I sitting here?" Even though I know I would not make it all day at work.

I worked sick for a year until I was told to go home and not to come back until I can do my job. Guess what I am disabled now. Your go workers know you have been sick and are probably glad you stayed home. One thing you should worry about is spreading your illness to your co-workers. You may be contangious. It is better to stay home when you are sick and not infect your co-workers. I know I sound just like a mother that is because I am. I am also a nurse.

I don't think I would feel gulity for calling in sick if I actually was. This hinges on whether or how much I've called in when I'm not sick, or it would if I had ever called into work sick, which surprsingly enough I havren't. And, there were times when I considered myself legitimately sick enough to do so.

Yes, I feel guilty missing work even when I'm legitimately ill. I work in a small office with a very closely-knit group of people, so when one of us goes down for the count it means the next person has to pick up the slack. There have been many times when I've gone to work with an illness just so that one of my co-workers wouldn't have to suffer. It's stressful!

yes i definitely am... i never like to skip work and i always make an effort to go to work even though i am sick... i always want to be a responsible person and give my best in everything i do since i am a child... i don't even want to miss school when i am sick until my parents have to forbid me to go to school because i am very sick...

to be honest, I should not have felt guilty everytime I call in sick when i'm really sick but my boss makes me feel guilty. my boss sympathises superficially and he makes me feel that i'm still lying about it. i can't help but feeling guilty the whole day!

Well, yes, I feel real guilty if I have to miss a day of work due to illness. I think just about any responsible person would. In my case, if I miss work sombody from day shift has to stay late to fill in because I'm in a managment position so I kind of feel obligated to be there more than most. Take care of yourself, because your health is more important than your job!

no i dont but litrelly i will worried about my pending work will pile up after i ge well and go to work.

Why should you feel guilty? After all, you are granted those sick leave by law. You didn't sell your person and soul to the company. And please, with the pitiful sum they pay you, you feel guilty? Even when legitimately sick? You are a rare one. (But I already know that.) :PPP

i do,but i'd feel even worse if i come in and infect everyone.it really depends on what it is-if it were viral pneumonia,for instance,i'd call out.

I am an engineer and have worked in a design and development company for four years. My boss had a habit of making project leaders which in itself was good but troublesome, sometimes, specially when i got ill, though it was rare. I have led quite a few design and development projects, sometimes even with my seniors working under me:-). Being a leader is hell lot of resposibility. i remember, once i couldn't take leave even when i was ill, off and on for a whole month(sometimes with 103F), not because i couldn't but just because i felt bad about halting the project even for one single day. On another occasion, i didn't feel guilty at first when i took a day off because of sickness, but when next morning i rejoined office just to find that there was no progress, the previous day, i really felt guilty that just because i wasn't there, the work couldn't progress. I just trusted my fellows as they were equally capable for the task but they did nothing just to make me feel guilty. That was really a hard and heavy day for me and it affected my performance that day but thankfully, by the end, the overall project was well in time and met the targets.

I do feel very guilty because believe it or not I sometimes say that I am sick even when I am not so when something is wrong and I do need time off it is very hard to do so with a straight mind.

When I worked for other people I always felt really guilty staying off work when I was sick. I'm rarely ill so it didn't happen very often. I always felt as if I was letting people down which is stupid really - I mean if you're sick there's nothing you can do about it. There was a few times when I struggled into work feeling really bad and in truth no-one thinks any better of you for doing it! In fact I was probably just spreading my germs to everyone else I worked with. Now I work for myself it never happens because even if I can't make it into the office I can still work from home.

I do not feel bad about it. If i am sick - I am sick and noone will say thank you to me for going when I am sikc. It is important tpo look after ourselves coz noone else will, and workin while beeing sick is not good for you, or for the people u work with...

When I was nursing, I sure did. In general Nurses are over worked and understaffed to begin with. Call outs makes it twice as hard then to handle what is already a heavy load. I worked sick so much. But Lecanis as an adult if you are running a fever thats your body telling you it is sick and you must rest to heal. Sometimes we just can not help it, we get sick.

I feel guilty missing my work even when i am ill because i love my work and its part of my life.If i cant work so i lost some parts of my life and its very hard to be ill, you miss many things that you usually do everyday.I really love to work and i realy want to earn money i dont want to lose my job.

I dont have to feel guilty. When I am really feeling bad I would need to rest and I know my officemates could understand that.

No, I don't feel guilty, If I can't then I can't, if it's too hard or will make me get worth then i better take the rest.. I don't even feel guilty if I take a leave on a fake excuse unless someone will really have hard time covering for me I don't care to skip work sometimes for whatever reasons and i don't feel guilty about it.. it's all part of the regulations and the system and I like to take all my vacations and sick leave days.