My wisdom teeth need to come out but my job won’t let me take the time off work that I’d need for recovery. What can I do?

You could:

- Speak to your boss

- Get the dental practice/hospital to send a letter to your boss

- Ask your boss why s/he is reluctant to give you time off

- If s/he doesn’t give you a valid reason, request for them to speak with the dental practice/hospital

- Only if the case becomes extreme, you are definitely need time off and your boss refuses to give you time off, you are entitled to take legal action and (threaten to) sue the company

Hope this helps. And good luck, tooth extractions are painful.

Do you not have PTO/vacation/sick days? You can miss work and it will be excused with a doctors note. (Dental surgery is the same thing)

Can you find co workers to cover your shift and then approach the boss or manager with it? Perhaps you need to talk to HR and bring a note from the Dentist explaining the medical emergency and why the procedure is needed and necessary.

Good luck

Tell your job you need time off to recover from wisdom teeth surgery.

I was back at work the next day.

Not everyone takes a long time to recover.

well your job can't fire you because of that and it's illegal for them to even do that

Can you schedule the surgery for a day when you would routinely have the next couple of days off work?.

I went to work the day after having wisdom teeth removed (one side at a time). It wasn't fun but it was quite possible while I was doing an office job. It would be crazy to do a physically active job or a job that involved a lot of talking for a few days after wisdom tooth removal.

Evenings or weeeksn

have them out and go to work and bleed all over the place, they will soon get the message

Simply tell your work place that you are having the surgery, and get the surgery done. All workplaces are required by law to give you sick leave. If they cause problems, tell them they are breaking the law.