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This cold and flu season intrigues me. For the first time ever, employers are taking people getting and being sick seriously. For the first time, employers are encouraging workers to stay home if sick. To me, it’s an interesting dynamic and a shift in mindsets across the board.
Having a grizzly swim coach, it’s been drilled into me that you show up for practice, work whatever, no matter what – unless you’re puking your guts out. In the past, most employers and employees alike took a similar approach. I mean, how many times have you walked into work and one of your coworkers looks to be on deaths’ doorstep? Or, how many times have you had to haggle with your boss for a sick day or show proof upon return?
But, today? Calling in sick is like a Get Out of Jail Free card. The first sign of a cough or scratchy throat and you’re being practically “forced” to stay home. Personally, I think it’s a good thing. We all need to take a step back and remember priority #1… ourselves.
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