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Thanks to the COVID infection I already had and some other illness, I have no sick time left. So if I get it again, I have to take the entire time I’m sick unpaid.
Now I’m lucky in that I can work from home and would do so while able but contagious, and we can afford me to take a few days off unpaid, but plenty of people are in my situation and can’t afford a single unpaid day.
Thanks to the COVID infection I already had and some other illness, I have no sick time left. So if I get it again, I have to take the entire time I’m sick unpaid.
Now I’m lucky in that I can work from home and would do so while able but contagious, and we can afford me to take a few days off unpaid, but plenty of people are in my situation and can’t afford a single unpaid day.
A numbered amount of sick days is such a stupid concept. I’m glad I have as much as I need.
Agreed, but it’s pretty standard in U.S. businesses- if they give sick time at all.
You guys are really getting fucked over there
Is this a US thing I’m too European to relate to?
That’s horrible. Social darwinism at its finest.
Definitely. The vast majority of US citizens are one paycheck away from financial disaster.
https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/personal-finance/articles/86-of-americans-cant-afford-to-miss-one-paycheck-do-this-if-youre-one-of-them/