the bar is set very very low
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME
ABSOLUTELY FUCKING SHITTING ME
STARBUCKS DIDNT HAVE SICK LEAVE
Most places in the US that handle food don’t have sick leave. I work in a deli in a grocery store and I was sick for a week. I worked anyway because if I call out, I wouldn’t get paid and therefore not make rent and then I’d also get written up. Hope nobody got sick getting their lunchmeat lol.
It seems that the places that work with food punishes workers the hardest when they call out sick, which discourages sick people from abstaining from work and encourages the further spreading of disease.
So what happens if you start coughing blood or be a complete mess
You likely just get sent home for the day.
The only time I was ever sent home before the end of my shift was when I literally collapsed because my breathing was failing.
It’s honestly not unusual for management to just tell you to keep moving, drink extra cough syrup and “tough it out.”
I work for an organization that is within the same building as a hospital.
It’s not just about having the leave. It’s also about the culture of being allowed to use it. I know, for instance, if nurses in certain departments use more than two days of sick time within a set time they have to do a formal meeting and explanation to their bosses. Not like two in a row but two in a month. So if you do get sick you need to worry about whether or not it’s legitimate.
I get this all the time.
I live in constant anxiety. In 2004 I seroconverted and got my HIV diagnosis. I had good enough numbers it was decided to hold off as on meds. About two years later my CD4s cut in half and my viral load tripled. I started to get sick all the time. My doc took forEVER to convince to get me on meds. And in that time I had 48 sick days.
My employers, unsurprisingly, noted this and “not to threaten you but if you’re not well enough to do this job we’ll need to find someone who is”. Which is … passive aggressive but fun.
EVER SINCE. Any time I take time off sick?
There jokes and comments that indicate people don’t think I’m actually getting sick. That I’m just lazing around at home. I have to, once in a while, show up to work sick – visibly sick – to prove that I’m not trying to just get time off.
We do healthcare research.
Inside a hospital.
GETTING the days is definitely a huge thing which is shitty beyond words. But then getting to use them is the next hurdle.
Jesus fuck.
I am not surprised by this, but I am absolutely infuriated on your behalf, friend.
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