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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

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[-] raven@hexbear.net 86 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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. meow-tableflip

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 62 points 1 year ago

Give your boss COVID if you can.

[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago
[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago
[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Deep, with tongue. Unhinge your jaw like how the Fr*nch show affection.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Man quit it I ain't need to learn uncomfortable things about myself today

[-] JuneFall@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago

The US has to be destroyed.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

More and more people are saying it!

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago

"OK, but I work in your office the whole time"

[-] raven@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

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"

[-] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

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!

[-] facow@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago
[-] HamManBad@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

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

[-] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Yep, I guess that's it, having leverage. Guarantee the workers too much and they might feel able to demand a fair society.

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago

"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

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry you have to deal with that. Sounds shitty.

Get well soon, comrade meow-hug

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] bakachu@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

The lesson bosses learned from covid is to never make accommodations for the health and safety of the workers.

[-] Flinch@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

we treat it like a cold now

[-] Bnova@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Groggio@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS in our company policy we treat covid19 like a cold now. No paid time off. That is all.

[-] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

Spit in his face

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Simply ~~redacted~~ your boss

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

my sincere reaction to this information

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

go in and spit into his mouth. then quit

also i'm sorry this happened to you. i hope one day the people responsible are held to account

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

May he fall into a woodchipper pray-against

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Cough and lick anything he might touch with his hands.

[-] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Become the chosen of nurgle. Just come in, ask to have a word with your boss privately

[-] Junomint@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Time to tongue punch management

[-] autismdragon@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

At my old job at the after school program I got shamed and pressured about calling in sick and yaknow what? Sometimes it really was just because i couldnt handle work with my mental health that day. When I was trying to interview to come back to work after my boss's bullying got me partially hospitalized they mentioned "you do kind of call out a lot..." and I really wanted to be like "thats my secret captain, when you're mentally ill you're ALWAYS sick" but I didnt.

But seriously like. I worked with CHILDREN. Why would you want to force someone who doesnt feel like they can work that day to work with CHILDREN. Even if its not an infectious disease they could catch. If I say Im too depressed to work that day, you probably dont want me around kids right? This seems obvious to me...

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