If you have to miss work due to illness...

8 years ago

Do you "call in" sick, or do you "call out" sick? My cousin in Florida told me she had to "call out" sick last week with a head cold. In my area, we "call in" sick..... like, "Marcy called in sick today." The schools send out notices every year telling parents what to do if their child will miss school due to illness, and it says you should "call them in sick". How would you word it in your area?

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8 years ago

Rob, IMO, it’s just another way for the upper level(s) to screw the lower level(s) and kind of reflects how a company values their employees. When I was hired, our company offered 2 days per year and as little paid holidays as they can scrape by with compared to the 5 sick and all celebrated holidays, including long holidays at the end of the year at my old job. The only reason I stay is because it offers the flexibility I need for my personal life. I make my own schedule and as as long as the work is done and my clients are happy, I don’t hear from anyone.

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cooper8828
8 years ago
Call in sick here. I live in New Mexico.
wildchild2x2
8 years ago
Call in sick. You are calling in to tell them you are sick.
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linda_6
8 years ago
We have to take PTO when we're sick. My company took our sick days away. So now that we do not have any more sick days, I have to save up my PTO in case I get sick.
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8 years ago
We call in sick here too, here in New York. The first time I heard the phrase "call out sick" I was genuinely befuddled for a few minutes.
lisaw2015 (ME)
8 years ago
In Maine, I hear it said both ways. But, I call out sick.
morz8 - Washington Coast
8 years ago
I would 'call in' to say I would 'be out' sick. Except I've worked from home these last many years and there was no one to call. I wasn't ever really sick enough to not be able to drag myself to the computer and print maps, type an invoice as needed or take care of something ;0)
always1stepbehind
8 years ago
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"call in" in my neck of the woods ;-)
rob333 (zone 7b)
8 years ago
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I call in sick. My ex and I used to "kiddingly" argue over whether or not he was going to get or take a shower. I won't say which is right, that'd be like telling over or under for toilet paper.

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I typically email in sick. Both my bosses are fluent in email. And I typically know long before the workday, e.g. 3-5AM that it's not gonna happen. I don't want to be up at 8AMish to call in. About all that keeps me out of work is fever and/or vomiting. I won't stay home for a cold. But I will wear gloves and stay at my desk as much as possible. Then wipe it all down before I leave for the day. I can't think of anything else I'd go in with?

Regional map for calling in/out
ldstarr
8 years ago
We "call in" here in NW PA.
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Anglophilia
8 years ago
I've lived from Maine to CA and have only ever heard "called in sick".
Marcy
Original Author
8 years ago
My cousin is originally from Chicago so I thought maybe calling out sick was a northern thing, but according to that map it's basically a western thing!
Jmc101
8 years ago
We live in Chicago and call in sick. It’s been the same in Michigan, New York and Texas.
Suzieque
8 years ago
Call in. What the heck is call out? You "call in" to your boss. How does one "call out" to their boss?
chisue
8 years ago
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Chicago area native here. If I was going to be OUT of the office because I was sick, I would call IN to the office to notify them.

"Where's Sue?" The answer is, "She called in sick." It could also be, "She's out sick." It would never be, "She called out sick."

It would be better if no one was ever 'in sick'. DH once had a boss who prided himself on never being too sick to come to work. He made everyone *else* sick, then chided them for not being sick. Big He Man (and jerk).
Jasdip
8 years ago
I call in sick (by email), and 'take' a shower.
chessey35
8 years ago
I clicked on the link above and up popped a map of Asia - didn't tell me what they did either. I called in sick.
Rosie
8 years ago
Another vote for calling in to notify work that you're going to be out of the office.
Bobbi
8 years ago
Never, ever heard anything other than calling in.
User
8 years ago
Other than allergies or a headache, I haven’t been sick in years. I used to dread “calling in” though. I had a really nasty boss back then who’d put the guilt trip on me.

Linda, the practice of PTO is not uncommon and a lot of companies now and it s*cks.
Marcy
Original Author
8 years ago
I saw this question on another message board a few years ago and the replies were pretty much split down the middle with call in and call out. I'd never heard of calling out sick, so when my cousin mentioned it I was reminded and thought I'd ask here.
Elmer J Fudd
8 years ago
Doesn't it depend what word you're referring to, the first or the last?

The person is calling in, to say they will be out sick.
Annie Deighnaugh
8 years ago
I used to "call in" that I would be "out sick".
Summer
8 years ago
I would call in that I would be off sick.
blfenton
8 years ago
On the Cdn west coast we "call in sick"
lily316
8 years ago
Call in is all I have ever heard.
User
8 years ago
You call in to work, sick.
rob333 (zone 7b)
8 years ago
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the practice of PTO is not uncommon and a lot of companies now and it s*cks.

Where I work they had a "make a suggestion" campaign for anything you wanted. To go back to the old system of holidays/sick/vacation and get rid of PTO was the most requested "want". I calculated it, and it seems like I loose an entire week's worth of vacation on it. It really only s*cks if you've built up any time. Made me wish I was a new employee ;)

P.S. the map moved because someone added a place??? but you can still move the map to North America and see the answers are fairly regional.
Judy Good
8 years ago
Call in OR Call off here.

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