callistra.moonshadow's Journal: Working while sick

Here is a link to an article about those that go into the office while sick. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_he_me/sick_workers_1

What is interesting is that most businesses do not provide enough sick time to enable employees that are ill to stay home. Another issue is how much you end up working to make up for the lost time. At least some places offer the opportunity to work from home when sick which allows for some productivity without the risk of infecting everyone else in the office.

Cally

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[callistra.moonshadow]

My husband totally understands. He was a contractor for several years. Even though the money looked great on paper, when you added in sick time, vacation, other, it was not as good. I've noted that contractors will drag themselves into work when they are sick. I worked with a guy that was hacking for months and finally discovered after about 4 months that he had walking pneumonia.

Cally