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[–] [email protected] 122 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Okay so here's what I don't get. I run a small team of 10. I am SUPER cool about people calling in. I don't give people grief for it. I don't have ridiculous performance expectations. I get that timelines have to slip when people call in. Even my upper management is pretty sane.

YET PEOPLE STILL COME IN SICK. WHY?!?

Motherfucker you're in a union shop with 8 hours sick leave a month and 10+ hours of vacation time per month AND at least 3 floating days you can use whenever AND other leave benefits. Most of you assholes are sitting on like 200-500+ hours of leave in your banks. I tell people to take care of themselves and their families first on the regular. The hell else am I supposed to do? Give people a gold star and a BJ for calling in sick? Keep your goddamned plague at home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How are your team members supposed to know weather you are "super cool" about that or if it is just the (regular) corporate speak?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Well I've told them and behaved that way to suit. It's been a bloody year. Also we're public sector, so it's not like we're going to be downsized out of nowhere.

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