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> Why would any company want to encourage any employee to come to work sick and maybe contagious? I noticed such policies at some companies which had a very hi
by bkor 9y ago
> Why would any company want to encourage any employee to come to work sick and maybe contagious?
I noticed such policies at some companies which had a very high sick leave percentage. Sometimes it's difficult to determine if someone is faking being sick. I guess one way of to try and solve that is giving people money. I hope nobody does this when the sick leave percentage is average due to mentioned working while sick is bad result.
- scarface74 9y agoI use to think why have sick leave at all and just give everyone a PTO bucket. Instead of having 10 sick days and 10 vacation days, split it and give everyone 15 days PTO. It would give people more flexibility and management would have to worry about if someone was really sick. But then there are still issues... 1. People come in sick to save their PTO and spread what they have if it's contagious. 2. It works well for most salaried employees. We can work from home, claim we are working even if we aren't being productive and catch up over the weekend or when we feel better (I don't see an ethical problem with that.) A lot of hourly jobs can't time or place shift like that. 3. Salaried employees, usually don't have to call in sick for a sick child (we work from home), or for doctors appointments. We can usually make our time up.