Do you hide your doctor's appointments from your boss?

[ucbalumnus]

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@Marian

This approach has the advantage of using up sick days (which many of us have in abundance) rather than vacation days (which may be in shorter supply). But to do it, you have to pretend to be sick and take the time off without prior notice, which could create problems for your supervisor and colleagues.

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<p>In some companies, scheduled medical and dental appointments that require time off can have sick days used for them. I.e. you can give advance notice for the medical or dental appointment and use a sick day instead of a vacation day.</p>

<p>In some other companies, sick and vacation days are combined in one “paid time off” bucket (e.g. you have 15 paid time off days instead of 10 vacation days and 5 sick days).</p>