• givesomefucks@lemmy.worldBanned
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      1 year ago

      It’s not even that.

      In an office setting sick days literally help productivity, because metrics and workload should account for employee’s work hours.

      If someone’s on leave for a day, theyre taken out of production numbers.

      If they “tough it out” then production numbers say they should produce a normal days workload.

      You end up looking worse encouraging a work culture where people don’t take days off.

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      1 year ago

      I got a bad cold or something one time. I spent 2 weeks working from home then the boss told me to go to a doctor. Went and they found nothing so I had to come in. 1.5 weeks later I was over it but not before the rest of the office got pissed at me for getting them sick. I just told them I was forced to come in.

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      It’s not so much the argument it’s workplace policies that say 6 or more days a year means you can be fired with cause. A late clock-in counts as half of one of those.

      At least that’s been standard at most places I’ve worked.