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I agree that everybody who can work remotely is a bit privileged compared to someone who cannot, and in general tech employers are richer and more liberal. As
by trymas 7y ago
I agree that everybody who can work remotely is a bit privileged compared to someone who cannot, and in general tech employers are richer and more liberal.
As I said in my reply above, some employers or employees need a cultural shift. Either employers put pressure on employees to not get sick leave (which is illegal and unethical), or as you say some employees think that they are "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" (or just conditioned by decades of peer pressure), but I digress.
My point is that in my whole life I was _never_ rejected a sick leave by a doctor and my doctor definitely does not check if I am grocery store employee or "privileged" tech worker. Also it's not employers business to regulate how often employee can be ill or what "pre-existing conditions" employee has. People are not robots.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI'm not talking about getting a sick note rejected. I'm asking, would you realistically go and get a sick note for a runny noise and feeling generally unwell? Would you feel secure at your job if you did that 20 times a year?
- trymas 7y agoI do not see what the problem is. People with small children get sick leaves many times per year, because children get ill in kindergarten very often. I know women who will get 5-10 one to two day sick leaves per year due to menstruation cramps. People are not robots, people get ill. I have very good employer which would never question employees job security due to illness. If you do not - search for a better one, join a union and/or inform your colleagues that their rights are protected by law. The horror stories I hear about evil employers - usually the employers themselves would be the first to take sick leaves or have luxury long lasting holidays that the employees cannot enjoy. Such employees are conditioned to slave away and forget that their rights are protected by law.