He said “If you see our company policy we treat it like a cold now”
No paid time off of course, so I’m currently eating through my own cash so that I don’t get my coworkers sick
YOU SHOULDN’T BE EXPECTED TO COME IN WITH A COLD EITHER WHAT THE FUCK?
This shit is why I’m always SICK in the FIRST PLACE.
This remains a policy that hurts both employers AND employees, studies show actual sick leave actually improves performance and work attendance. It’s another example of why the system isn’t even engineered for profit, it’s engineered for shitting on the poor.
Go in and cough violently on everything in your boss’ vicinity.
Same thing with universal healthcare. It’s way cheaper for businesses, but the current US system gives them tons of leverage. Power at all costs
There’s another aspect to universal healthcare which gets overlooked in mainstream discourse and that is the fact that when the government is ultimately responsible for paying for the health and wellbeing of its citizens, regardless of the flaws in real-world implementation, then the government has a financial commitment to the overall wellbeing of society.
Y’know how the US has lead in the water in thousands of areas?
That impacts on health outcomes. And that costs the government money in the long run under a universal healthcare system.
So there’s a major incentive for the government to get its shit together and act to protect citizens in order to save on the long-term costs by engaging in primary and preventative healthcare under a universal healthcare model.
There’s a reason why countries like New Zealand are taking a hard stance against tobacco - it’s because that’s a public health disaster and it costs the government a small fortune in healthcare when people are sick and dying because of smoking.
Do I hate the market rationalism? Of course.
But do I prefer the fact that under a universal healthcare model that the government has a direct financial interest in the health and wellbeing of each citizen? Of course.
Yep, I guess that’s it, having leverage. Guarantee the workers too much and they might feel able to demand a fair society.
Which is obvious to anyone with half a fucking brain. Sick people don’t do good work, and make other people sick. Duh.
Why are capitalists so shitty at capitalism, their cruelty hurts their ability to benefit themselves!
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Give your boss COVID if you can.
Kiss for bossy
Man quit it I ain’t need to learn uncomfortable things about myself today
Smooches
Deep, with tongue. Unhinge your jaw like how the Fr*nch show affection.
The US has to be destroyed.
More and more people are saying it!
my sincere reaction to this information
Become the chosen of nurgle. Just come in, ask to have a word with your boss privately
“OK, but I work in your office the whole time”
That’s a good point. OP is likely in some open plan office, while boss gets to hide away behind a closed door with fresh, non-covid air to breathe.
At my old job at the after school program I got shamed and pressured about calling in sick and yaknow what? Sometimes it really was just because i couldnt handle work with my mental health that day. When I was trying to interview to come back to work after my boss’s bullying got me partially hospitalized they mentioned “you do kind of call out a lot…” and I really wanted to be like “thats my secret captain, when you’re mentally ill you’re ALWAYS sick” but I didnt.
But seriously like. I worked with CHILDREN. Why would you want to force someone who doesnt feel like they can work that day to work with CHILDREN. Even if its not an infectious disease they could catch. If I say Im too depressed to work that day, you probably dont want me around kids right? This seems obvious to me…
“Hey boss, I just wanted to talk to you about our COVID policy. Mind if I step inside your office?”
COUGH COUGH COUGH SNEEZE COUGH
Time to tongue punch management
What were your symptoms like?
May he fall into a woodchipper
I’m sorry you have to deal with that. Sounds shitty.
Get well soon, comrade
That’s the unfortunate reality of the corporate overlord structure we’ve been living in for a while. If you’re financially strapped and must go in, inform your coworkers ahead of time so they can arrange their working space to be away from you (and also let them know their company policy is compelling you to come in). Double mask and eat your lunch away and outside the office if possible. Bring your own sanitizers.
I’ve had coworkers in this same situation and I don’t begrudge them for coming in under similar circumstances so long as they took personal precautions to minimize potential spread.
Hope you feel better soon.
They might ding me because I’m out of sick time but whatever, I have backup cash, if they get mad that’s their problem.
