This same story has come up a couple of times and each time there is the chorus of “how inhumane etc..”, personally I’m sympathetic that his loved one was ill,

This same story has come up a couple of times and each time there is the chorus of “how inhumane etc..”, personally I’m sympathetic that his loved one was ill, and I know the difficulties with that situation, but, I am entirely unsympathetic to his work situation. The person was making $300k a year and you don’t make that kind of scratch without really high performance expectations and stress being placed on you. He took the job after his wife was sick, he was given opportunity to take leave to handle his personal business and mental health and chose not to do it. He could have used STD and LTD if he opted and appears he didn’t. At every stage this person appears to have made the “maximize money” decision instead of alternatives which could result in less job stress, but maximizing the focus on his family’s and his health. Was he given a shitty personal row to hoe, absolutely. Did he make it worse for himself…I think that’s a yes too.