Damn. I was wondering why nobody mentioned it, but it is so normal to you (plural), that you don’t bother.
That’s crazy. For me it’s an absolute affront to even suggest I should give up vacation days for being sick. In my country Germany (and probably all of Europe, maybe also Asia) you get a slip from your doctor and you stay home till you’re better.
Paid. And nobody touches your vacation days. I’m just speechless.
When I was in the UK, you didn’t even need a slip from the doctor, just told your employer you were sick and stayed home, because everyone understood it is simply better that way.
my dad has tales of a coworker who gave precisely 0 fucks and would call in sick reliably every monday after having drank themselves into oblivion, it took the workplace years to finally be able to get rid of him.
The US is a trash country. If you actually take time off to be sick we either fire you outright or sideline you for promotions so people prove how dedicated they are by showing up and giving all our coworkers communicable diseases like flu and covid. Most of them in turn then feel obligated to show how dedicated THEY are by giving more folks and the whole affair just slows down and gets more inefficient than if 1 person had stayed home.
Damn. I was wondering why nobody mentioned it, but it is so normal to you (plural), that you don’t bother.
That’s crazy. For me it’s an absolute affront to even suggest I should give up vacation days for being sick. In my country Germany (and probably all of Europe, maybe also Asia) you get a slip from your doctor and you stay home till you’re better.
Paid. And nobody touches your vacation days. I’m just speechless.
When I was in the UK, you didn’t even need a slip from the doctor, just told your employer you were sick and stayed home, because everyone understood it is simply better that way.
my dad has tales of a coworker who gave precisely 0 fucks and would call in sick reliably every monday after having drank themselves into oblivion, it took the workplace years to finally be able to get rid of him.
Same in latinamerica. The US dosen’t even have the labor standards that third world countries have
I can also stay home when sick without a doctor’s note for up to three days, no questions asked. With pay and without using vacation days of course.
A doctor’s note very well could be how it works in the US, none of us know because we’d be bankrupted by going to a doctor.
The US is a trash country. If you actually take time off to be sick we either fire you outright or sideline you for promotions so people prove how dedicated they are by showing up and giving all our coworkers communicable diseases like flu and covid. Most of them in turn then feel obligated to show how dedicated THEY are by giving more folks and the whole affair just slows down and gets more inefficient than if 1 person had stayed home.