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Don't anyone ever get sick then.
by sixtofour 15y ago
Don't anyone ever get sick then.
- burgerbrain 15y agoWhy should I as a hypothetical employer be particularly keen on hiring someone who has taken extended leaves of medical absence? There is a strong financial risk and no reward for doing so.
- sixtofour 15y agoYou should do exactly what you want. My advice was to employees, not employers.
- burgerbrain 15y agoApologies. I thought I detected a note of disapproval.
- pyre 15y agoSo if I ended up with a one-time sickness that put me up in the hospital for, say, 3 months, then I'm more likely to catch another long-term sickness than the rest of the general population? Logic!
- sixtofour 15y agoActuarialy, you probably are.
- burgerbrain 15y agoIn the individual case the probability can only be calculated by a physician. In the general case? I am sure (to a certainty sufficiently high to factor into hiring decisions between otherwise equally qualified candidates) that the increase in probability it is non-zero. So yes, I am saying in the general case that people who have been seriously sick before have an elevated chance of being seriously sick again.