If our crew is trying to meet a deadline, would you ever call off work?

"I understand the importance of meeting deadlines and being a team player. I would not call off work unless I was injured or so ill that I could not perform my job duties. At my previous job, if we did not meet a deadline, the company would pay a penalty. I had the flu, but I showed up to work so that I did not leave my crew or the company in a bind. In the past four years, I have only called off work three times due to an injury or illness, and I had a doctor's note every time. In those situations, there was no deadline that we were working to meet."