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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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Dear Coworkers:
If you have a cold, flu or the plague, please STAY HOME. Really. No one thinks you're a hero for coming into work when you're sick - you just make the rest of us worry that we'll catch something. Please take your coughing, sneezing, watery eyed, germy selves home. I know you have plenty of sick days available, because in the 1.5 years I've been here, I've never seen either of you take a sick day.
Thanks from The One Who Is Gestating Mini Pirates And Unable To Take Any Delicious Cold Medicine Should She Catch Your Nasty Colds
Re: Dear Coworkers:
You know, I really don't know. Maybe they feel guilty, but there are enough people in the teams that they can easily take a day (or two, or three) off without work not getting done. And taking a sick day is so easy - we can have up to three in a row without any questions asked , and all you have to do is tell your supervisor that you're not coming in - that's it. When you come back to work, you just fill out an online form (it literally takes 20 seconds) to say you had those days off and to mark them as sick days for payroll and HR.
I'm guessing it's just their personal work ethic, since some people take pride in never taking a day off sick?
under normal circumstances, I am usually the kind of person that goes to work unless I feel like death. although I have the sick days, I'd rather save them up for vacation
but given everything going on right now, most work places are discouraging anyone from going into work sick b/c you never know if it's the flu until you've already passed your germs on to everyone else... and I agree w/this and would choose to stay home this year if I were sick.
so in a way I can understand where they are coming from but I also understand where you are coming from! when I am sick and at work though I try to keep a good distance from everyone and I am literally washing my hands every 5 minutes anyway (sick or not)
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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I don't get it either. But I can think of a few reasons (right or wrong) for people coming to work when still sick. Seems very common around here...
(1) Money... even if you are lucky enough to get paid sick leave, some people are afraid to use it and would rather "save" it in case they ever become so out of it that they really can't function. Then there are those of us who don't get paid if we don't work, so we suffer through a lot because we need our paychecks!
(2) Pride... though I have never personally had a problem with this one.
(3) Fear... in this economy and sometimes in general, people are afraid to under-produce or look like slackers. I know I used to feel bad calling in sick, even legitimately, because I worried that my boss wouldn't believe me or that I would inadvertently flake on some really important responsibility of mine.
(4) Lack of Awareness... for the repercussions of their actions, for themselves in the future (like making their illness worse) or for others (like you and the LOs working hard to grow). I know that I am definitely more aware of my actions and how they affect the health and well-being of others since becoming pregnant and becoming so hyper-aware of germs and toxins. Unfortunately, I can't say that I used to be so thoughtful, but I do hope I remain so even after the baby is born.
Stay healthy mommy and little pirates!!
Yeah I don't know why people feel the need to go to work to infect people...
If I were sick, I would definitely stay home.. though my company is pretty flexible about working from home so I wouldn't lose any vacation days. Funny thing is I've actually been hoping I would get at least sniffles or something so I would have an excuse to stay home
I totally hear you, and I'm usually really good about staying home if I think I'm contagious. But I will add another reason....at least for my job. It is WAY harder for me to be gone than it is for me to come in. As a teacher, I literally have to teach a stranger how to do my job through a series of notes. And, since I teach music, I can't even be sure that the sub will know a single thing about music (they usually don't), so I somehow have to get them to teach music without knowing the first thing about it. I can have them show a video or play a game, but this only works once or twice throughout the school year, so I have to be careful with my sub plans.
That said, I totally agree that eve if it's difficult, people need to stay home right now if at all possible ( and it certainly sounds like it is for your co-workers)!
I at least understand why people do that in my company - we just have one pool of paid time off - just called personal leave - that's vacation, sick time, everything. So essentially you're trading a vacation day to stay home when you're sick.
That said ............NOW is DIFFERENT!! For crying out loud, people, get better before you come into work!
I have done it before. Only because I had already missed lots of time for my child being sick. This was when I was a single mom and had no backup help.?I was the only provider in my house, so I would do it out of fear.?
?I was not afraid of loosing out on sick pay. I was afraid of constantly being passed up on $$ due to my attendance. Or just getting fired.?
I am still here 7 years later and I am still the only mommy.
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me too!! Our work has this policy that you get 6 sick days for 6 months or you get counseled... if you are sick and have a drs note then you should stay home even if you are over your 6 days but with the policy some pp come in anyway... Seriously, I call in sick sometimes when I'm well