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Wall Street Journal complains about workers using their sick days (boingboing.net)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes, but also setting the norm where it should be is something. We should expect these things. If your business is screwed because one employee calls off with an hour notice, you don't have enough redundancy. And this isn't just menial positions either. If Elon gets horribly sick, they postpone or have someone stand in for him. That should apply all the way down the company.

You can save on labor in the short term. You'll pay for it another way long term, either by losing overly stressed staff or by having someone too critical call in sick at a bad time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's true except a lot of managers have zero power over how many people they're allowed to hire. So, again, setting norms isn't something that we can just do. As individuals, we're hobbled by the wealthy/corporations/government (which are all the same thing at this point of we're being real) at just about every turn. If they don't like something they just pay lobbyists and it goes away. To the detriment of the average US citizen yet we still manage to get dunked on constantly as if we're not getting dragged through the wringer. As if we're just ok with everything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You're taking this too personally. Setting norms isn't something done by a manager and is absolutely just public perception. Happens in middle school constantly. Kids come in with a new, unusual haircut. First kid in earshot brands it as cool or lame. The norm is set.

This isn't much more than saying American PTO policies are shit. That's not an attack on you. It's an attack on people who are okay with the status quo.