The Sickness Stigma
So I'm being sent home after 2 hours at work because my boss sees how sick I am, even though I tried to phone in sick this morning but was told to come in because I had called in sick yesterday.
What's with the stigma attached to sick days that makes bosses think people only use sick days when they're feeling lazy and want a day off or a long weekend? Why can't a person be genuinely ill and need some time off work to recover? Is it not more beneficial to give a day or two off to recoup from the cold or flu than to force an employee to come in and work with lower production rates and risk passing the illness around to other employees and compounding the problem?
And what's the deal with company policy doctor notes? If Im too sick to come to work, why make me go sit in a cramped waiting room full of other germy, grumpy people for 3 hours just to go see a doctor and get a note that said I went there? Doctors can't do anything for colds or flu, just tell me to ride it out, maybe prescribe some amoxicillin (which Im sure is a placebo because they hand it out like candy for whatever ails you) and send me packing. Plus most places charge for a friggin doctors note now.
Ridiculous.
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