Almost every sick day I take is a mental health day. Sometimes I look out the window and see it’s still capitalism outside and I just can’t even.
I remember a funny story where a country declared being gay as a sickness. So people started taking sick leaves en masse saying “sorry, can’t attend office today. Feeling a bit gay”. The country quickly reverted the change.
The country being Sweden.
Good. If you’re sick, stay home. We don’t need to pass that shit back and forth.
Which is something we all (should have) learned very well because of the Covid pandemic, which happened in 2020, right after the comparison here between 2019 and present day.
tl;dr: duh
It’s important to challenge assumptions and to do studies with “obvious” results, because we’ve been surprised so many times before.
lol came here to say that - people have just been WAY more sick in general because of covid, long covid, and pasc
Unfortunately jobs require you to bring in a damn doctor’s note if you take more than a day. No point in taking a sick day if you can’t wait out the entire sick. That wouldn’t be such a problem if healthcare in America wasn’t insanely expensive and often just as dangerous as not getting it. They’re more useful for mental health day than they are for not spreading something.
My Gen X co-worker said he wasn’t feeling good the other day and was coughing and sniffling. I was like, “Dude, you are sick, go home.” He was like, “I am not sick. I’m here, aren’t I?”
In his mind, you are only sick if you lack the ability to make it to work. Meanwhile, I am in August with all 6 of my sick days, 3 personal days, and 8 vacation used up. He has sick days banked from previous years.
Also, I need a new job. Fuck this job.
Sick leave in the U.S. increased 55% in 2023 compared to 2019, according to new data from human resources platform Dayforce, which collected data from more than 1,500 of its clients. … employees younger than 36 are leading the charge, with a 29% leap in the amount of sick leave they took from 2024 compared to 2019.
How does the group leading the charge have a smaller increase than the increase of the aggregate? Was there a decline between ‘23 to ‘24? Am I misinterpreting?
Edit: I suppose it could also indicate that the under 36 demographic could have had a significant growth in proportion.
Reading this full article, omg lay off the random survey stats. Whoever wrote this probably confused themselves. Also it should be noted 29-36 year olds are still Millennials for fuck’s sake. We spent our entire youths getting shat on by rags like Fortune, but I guess they’re ready to suck Gen Z’s dick now that their business model has been completely broken
