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Doctor’s notes can get silly fast, especially after you return healthy.

One employee takes the rule literally.

Then starts heading right back home.

See here how quickly management recovered.

Was told i required a doctor’s note after taking sick time.

I had a manager who decided we needed a doctor’s note after a sick day.

His reasoning was the note confirmed we were well enough to be in the office.

Meanwhile we all knew it was just to give sick staff a hard time.

When he pulled this on me, I agreed and started packing up and told him i would contact my doctor and let him know when my doctor could see me.

Then I started walking out.

The boss was confused.

He asked me why i was leaving.

I told him since i didn’t have a note, and i needed one to prove i was not sick and could work as per his instructions i needed to leave.

I followed up with the fact that my doctor was in a different town, and it could be up to two weeks for me to get an appointment. All of which true.

He told me i seemed fine and not to worry about the note. He stoped asking others as well.

That was funny and effective!

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This person would want the employer to pay for the doctor’s note.

Here’s another comment about how a doctor’s note seems like an unnecessary expense.

Here’s how his person’s doctor handles doctor’s note requests.

This doctor sounds awesome!

Seriously, so the boss is a doctor now? LOL

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Biotech companies apparently take being sick very seriously.

The manager demanded a doctor’s note proving he was fit to work, so OP immediately prepared to leave until he could get one.

Once the boss realized that appointment might take two weeks, the requirement vanished for everyone.

Funny how fast policy gets healthy when productivity starts coughing.