I have mild COVID right now, not horrible but still feel like my brain is a deflated basketball, and I spent hours fighting with myself whether I feel "sick enough" to ne justified in calling out of my work from home job. i don't know when the boss in my head was put there but I hate it and it feels like every day i have to work to reclaim my autonomy and sense of humanity from the capitalist urge to tie my self worth to work
if you're sick take the time off until you aren't (if not under threat for doing so) this will aside from being obviously good for you enhance your productivity
Call out sick when you're not sick occasionally too until it feels normal
I guess this is one of the perks of having a job that you have to be physically present for, you can just turn it off when you leave, WFH seems to be an always looming threat and it turns your home into a work zone so it is hard to relax. The bad part is having to use public transport during a pandemic. But there is also a whole lot less work since all the office workers are off so I can just fuck around for half the day. So swings and roundabouts.
Have the problem with going into work when I feel awful and feeling garbage for the entire day though (I get migraines fairly regularly). Just try to take the time off and get better, if you're doing any work important enough to torture yourself over it is important enough to do it while you're lucid (if you have to convince the boss in your head).
soyjack prole worker vs chad prole worker that fucks for 3 hours on company time
(literally did this the other day with my bf it was awesome. every time we got a ping from one of our bosses, we both paused, laughed, and continued)
Good news, when there are federal holidays we’ll just take one of your days off away to compensate.