My tax refund has been deposited. Phew.

Just looked, mine posted today too! Woot! will help with the move.

Now? Bill pay!

If I took the time off, I don't owe my boss an explanation of what I'm doing with that time.

Lucky. I've been asked for a note from the doctor. I think a lot of the locally-trained Utah managers have this "they're going to take you for everything they can get unless you watch them like a hawk" mentality about workers. Because if they were reliable adult professionals, surely they'd be managers.

Lots of people know each other in my world - so if I interview , I might not tell anyone, but I won't exactly lie either. But with the way things work in my world, the way up is sometimes out. and sometimes there are just a few changes that make it better to move - closer , better hours, because money isn't really there

In Dh's industry -- lots ( not all ) interviews can be scheduled very early or very late. But sometimes it means taking time off.

When I started at my latest library I got lectured on using sick time just for sick time. Which with my current schedule I barely use any vaction time , so whatever. but since taking a day off just because you need a breather isn't recognized, I can't see fusing at anyone over a day ( and library people - we know what happens when we are sick. it can be bad if there aren't enough bodies)

I've been asked for a note from the doctor.

I had one boss who tried to go that route, but after I said "Really? None of my previous managers here have ever needed that. Is this org just ... different?", that silliness stopped.

Mind you, when I tell my boss that I'm taking a day off, they usually ask me if it's for some fancy goth event, and will I take pictures? But that's because they know me well.

If I took the time off, I don't owe my boss an explanation of what I'm doing with that time.

Yep.

Lucky. I've been asked for a note from the doctor.

I got asked this one time when I took 2.5 sick days in a row. Count them. One, two, and a half. And I got fussed at for "taking so much sick time." My only response was to look at her (my boss) and say, "Are you serious?" She dropped it at that point.

I got asked this one time when I took 2.5 sick days in a row. Count them. One, two, and a half. And I got fussed at for "taking so much sick time." My only response was to look at her (my boss) and say, "Are you serious?" She dropped it at that point.

I worked at an insurance company once that gave two sick days per year. And if you were sick for more than two days in a row, it was company policy to require a doctor's note.

That place sucked. Mothers got in trouble for taking time off to take their sick kids to the doctor.

There is a possibility of being asked for a note - but I think it is after 5 days of being out ( you need a note from a doctor to say you are fit ) or a pattern ( like 1 more day of vacation , or a specific day of the week ) and even then it is up to the manager

Hey Beth, do you need the cat carrier? (see my post above). I am taking stuff to donate today, so let me know ASAP.