CPW: Returning to work after a medical procedure

RockABye · October 2013

If you were off work for 3 weeks due to a medical procedure (surgery/physical therapy/etc), but ended up feeling better at week 2, would you go back into work a week early? Or would you milk the 3 weeks off? Edit: This is a PAID leave.

sparklingdiamond · October 2013

I think it would depend on if I was having to go unpaid. I might go back earlier just so I could get paid again!

nfp147 · October 2013

I clicked heck no, but I think it would really depend what was going on at work and what I'd be going back to.

islandmonkey8 · October 2013

I agree with @sparklingdiamond. If it was unpaid, I'd go back as soon as I physically could. Paid, I'm taking my three weeks!

LooneyLife · October 2013

I said I'd go back, but I should have said SS probably. First, I don't schedule leave like that in advance. I play it by ear, so I'd just go back when I was feeling up to it (and cleared by my doc). Second, for me, it's not that I'm dedicated, I just need the money and couldn't afford to stay home or use leave when I didn't really need it.

spin25 · October 2013

sparklingdiamond said:

I think it would depend on if I was having to go unpaid. I might go back earlier just so I could get paid again!

This exactly.

Also, it would depend on whether I was creating more work for myself upon my return if I stayed home. Or if coworkers had to pick up the slack for me while I was gone. I'd feel shitty about making more work for others if I felt up to working.

zamboni00 · October 2013

SS- Would completely depend on a few things. Paid/Unpaid being one of them.

Another being the likelyhood that there may or may not be more time off needed in the future. If this was a one and done, then I'd probably be more likely to take the 3 weeks. If it was one in a series of procedures, or I had any inkling that i may need more time off in the near future, I'd probably be more likely to go back.

I would also return earlier if it was going to cause more work to pile up for me when I got back, or for my co-workers, like @spin25 said.

LittleLady77 · October 2013

If my doctors told me to take 3 weeks off I would do that. You might feel better at home but the stress and physicality of work might be a whole different situation. Of course, all the factors mentioned above would play into the decision.

seahorse01 · October 2013

How is this even a question?

Bon bons all day every day.

JK, I would probably be checking email the whole time because I am a sucker like that.

RockABye · October 2013

This is a paid leave. I'm only asking b/c there's a woman at work who took off for a minor surgery and isn't scheduled to be back for another week, but she came back today. I think she's crazy lol.. There's NO WAY I'd come back early. And truthfully, I most likely wouldn't even check my email. I take as much time away from work as I can get!

Apollo11235 · October 2013

LittleLady77 said:

If my doctors told me to take 3 weeks off I would do that. You might feel better at home but the stress and physicality of work might be a whole different situation. Of course, all the factors mentioned above would play into the decision.

This is exactly why I said option 3.

transponster · October 2013

If it's paid, and it's not important to be there, I'm sitting on my ass all week.

MadeOfAwesome · October 2013

Paid leave? Hell no. I'd sit my ass at home.

ljraff29 · October 2013

I would totally milk it if I was getting paid. Whether I'm still recovering or eating bon-bons, I'd take all 3 weeks.

Unpaid would be a totally different ball game. Then I would go back as soon as I was cleared by my doctor.

Uptowngirl2009 · October 2013

Agree with PPs. If I was getting paid, definitely take it off. If unpaid, I'd probably go back.

LittleLady77 · October 2013

Paid leave usually isn't your full paycheck. Usually it's 66% of your check (without taxes deducted). In sales it can even be 66% of your base alone (not commission). Money might actually be a factor for this women.

That or she hates her husband, loves her job or is just plane crazy.

GoodWolf · October 2013

@LittleLady77 do you mean temporary disability? To me paid leave = PTO = 100% of your check.

And on that note, I would take the full leave as long as I wasn't saving PTO for something else and wasn't bored out of my mind at home.

LittleLady77 · October 2013

I did mean temp disability. I would suspect that's what's she's doing if its longer than 2 weeks. I wouldn't want to use 3 weeks of PTO for a medical reason.

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