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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Yes, you could add a bunch of paperwork and bureaucracy to the system.
Or people could be grownups. If you're too sick to work, rest and recover. If you're well enough to work but could be a bit contagious or you have a sick kid, work from home as best you can.
I'm self employed, so if I don't work I dont earn any money. So far I haven't had to have a doctor fill out any forms to decide whether I'm well enough to work or not. It turns out common sense works for that quite well.
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Originally Posted by you&me
I'm in a similar position - self employed and essentially run a global sales team. There is zero expectation for how the job gets done and everyone is 100% on eat what you kill. A pure meritocracy. Somehow it works.
It's quite jarring to read some of these posts.
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If you both willingly choose to work in a capacity that doesn’t offer you the benefit of paid time off due to illness that’s all well and good, that’s your
choice. However it doesn’t mean that other people who do currently have that benefit should be forced to do the same.
Your arguments seem to stem from a position of jealousy, somehow I doubt that either of you would argue that an employee should also be paid more just because someone else is.
I doubt you’d be preaching about how wonderful your definition of meritocracy without sick leave is after you’ve been affected by a major health issues that is out of your control.