> You called in sick yesterday and went to the beach with your buddies? I'm glad you did! We all need a mental health day once in a while. Being happy actually makes you more productive in the long term.
Not quite. It's great when employees take care of themselves and make a point to enjoy their time outside of the office.
However, it's not really cool if you commit to be somewhere on a certain day, no-show, and then lie about being sick.
If you want to take a day off, that's perfectly fine. Please just communicate about it honestly. Don't lie. Reputation and trust are hard to build but easy to destroy.
Also keep your coworkers in mind in these situations. It's rare that engineering work exists in a vacuum without connections to other people's work. If your team mates have to fill in the gaps because you disappeared for a day without warning, that's not really great for the rest of the team.
Not quite. It's great when employees take care of themselves and make a point to enjoy their time outside of the office.
However, it's not really cool if you commit to be somewhere on a certain day, no-show, and then lie about being sick.
If you want to take a day off, that's perfectly fine. Please just communicate about it honestly. Don't lie. Reputation and trust are hard to build but easy to destroy.
Also keep your coworkers in mind in these situations. It's rare that engineering work exists in a vacuum without connections to other people's work. If your team mates have to fill in the gaps because you disappeared for a day without warning, that's not really great for the rest of the team.