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I know I'm a spoiled engineer but if a company ever required a doctor's note I'd just come to work sick, walk into my boss's office and cough as hard as I could directly in their face.

Actually, I'd just not take that job.

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Trust is great, but society consists of many complex interlocking systems, so at least some level of verification and attestation is needed.

Besides: Doing that knowingly and intentionally would likely qualify as assault (besides being a morally shitty thing to do).

If you don't trust me don't hire me. I could cause all kinds of issues for your company. I won't because I'm trustworthy. If you treat me as untrustworthy by not trusting that I'm sick when I say I'm stick then you don't trust me. If you don't trust me I'm not working for you.

It's extremely common in Germany, it's a form letter, and you get two versions, one for yourself with details, one for your employer which lacks details, especially the reason.

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