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.
Deep, with tongue. Unhinge your jaw like how the Fr*nch show affection.
Man quit it I ain't need to learn uncomfortable things about myself today
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.
If you see our company policy we treat it like a cold now
The standard response to this should be "I too love killing my grandparents for profits"
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.
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!
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
Yep, I guess that's it, having leverage. Guarantee the workers too much and they might feel able to demand a fair society.
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.
"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
I'm sorry you have to deal with that. Sounds shitty.
Get well soon, comrade
I'm actually feeling pretty ok I just know that it can be awful for others and deadly for some. So yeah, I'm taking the week off, fuck being a plague rat. This plague rat is very cozy in his nest thank you very much.
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.
The lesson bosses learned from covid is to never make accommodations for the health and safety of the workers.
Absolutely absurd. I have no clue how people have managed to just stop giving a shit about it. I've maintained the policy in my class that if you're sick do not come in, I'll give you an extension on any work and work with you to get it done. So far I've managed to have limited class room spread. I remember back in August/September 2021 I had 1/3 of my students catch COVID during that wave, I was basically quarantined at home from my wife in case I got it.
ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS in our company policy we treat covid19 like a cold now. No paid time off. That is all.
