US applicant: “How many sick days do I get?”
German HR department: “I’m sorry what do you mean?”
US applicant: “How many days may I call in sick per year?”
German HR department: “Er… that depends on how often you get sick?!”
US applicant: “Wat.”
I live in Norway and have 21 sick days. That means days that I can self report as sick. (Influenza and such) I can do this for three consecutive days I think. Then I have to get a physician to write a sick leave. For anything serious you have one year on sick leave before more long term solutions will have to be found. Sick days does not include doctors appointments (its their own quota) or home with sick child (10 days)
Pregnancies are their own thing, but often you go on sick leave before birth because being pregnant while not an illness makes you feel ill.
We have one year of paternity/maternity leave first three months are reserved for mother, then shares but both parents MUST take three months. (Can get around by company paying for the leave of the one supposed to go back to work.)
Father gets two weeks just after birth to settle things at home.
US applicant: “How many sick days do I get?”
German HR department: “I’m sorry what do you mean?”
US applicant: “How many days may I call in sick per year?”
German HR department: “Er… that depends on how often you get sick?!”
US applicant: “Wat.”
I live in Norway and have 21 sick days. That means days that I can self report as sick. (Influenza and such) I can do this for three consecutive days I think. Then I have to get a physician to write a sick leave. For anything serious you have one year on sick leave before more long term solutions will have to be found. Sick days does not include doctors appointments (its their own quota) or home with sick child (10 days) Pregnancies are their own thing, but often you go on sick leave before birth because being pregnant while not an illness makes you feel ill. We have one year of paternity/maternity leave first three months are reserved for mother, then shares but both parents MUST take three months. (Can get around by company paying for the leave of the one supposed to go back to work.) Father gets two weeks just after birth to settle things at home.
Thanks for the input!
This exact thing happened to my partner. Her rep was like, what is a ‘Sick Day’?