Thursday, May 6, 2010

Sick Leave

Now I know how business works. You make a product or service available to consumers in exchange for monetary gain. Now I want to talk about the flip side to that and talk about the people who make this happen. Employees! Mainly I want to talk about how people are treated when they call in sick.

Like most of you I work a nine to five and also like most of you I have a immune system that doesn't hold off every disease. Contrary to what many managers who run there business believe , employees are human after all and not mindless drones who just happen to show up and leave when they are supposed. We are so much more than a just a "Body".

Why should I feel guilty for calling in when I am truly ill. I should be worrying about resting to get better not wether or not I have disappointed you. I hate that when I walk in to work I feel questioning eyes upon me and I have to be interrogated like a criminal.

The only reason I should feel like that is when I commit a crime and the last time I checked we all get sick. So the next time you feel like making someone feel like shit because they want to stay at home to rest and not infect the rest of your working horse. Maybe you are the one who should feel the guilt from committing the crime of putting your business over someone's well being.

Wahoo feels good to vent. Sucks because I am still sick and will probably be tomorrow but will have to go in because I can't afford the co-pay for my doctor and if I don't have one of those notes to call in sick I would be fired. God I can't wait to get a REAL job soon.

Until next time ,

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