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The idea of sick time being metered seems crazy to me, the intention is to get people into work when they're sick?
by lozenge 4y ago
The idea of sick time being metered seems crazy to me, the intention is to get people into work when they're sick?
- kayodelycaon 4y agoI think it’s more that companies want to restrict how much time you’re taking away from them.
- Ekaros 4y agoIt gets complicated with longer sicknesses. But with something sort term like hard hitting flu or food poisoning the person isn't probably doing much work anyway. Being stuck in bed or bathroom likely means that not much work is done. And it is more humane to just give that time off straigh and not count any days on those cases.
- ghaff 4y agoLarge companies do generally have short-term and long-term disability benefits in addition to pooled PTO or sick time. But they have some limits after which it becomes government or individual insurance.
- HideousKojima 4y agoThe intention is that if you're sick for such an extended period of time that you cannot perform your job duties any more, the company no longer has to pay you (i.e. they fire you).