Same as you I don’t get company sick pay just the ssp. I’ve been rough as ■■■■ for a week now and phoned in this morning and took it as a holiday and I’m going back in tomorrow. I try and keep a bit of an emergency fund built up in case anything goes wrong, as it did last summer when I broke my wrist and was off for seven weeks. If it taught me anything it was that I can live on a lot less than I do when necessary, but I agree not getting sick pay is bollox