Wall Street Journal complains about workers using their sick days | Boing Boing
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A recent Wall Street Journal article — an actual article, in the workplace/lifestyle section, not even an op-ed! — laments the recent trend of horrible, lazy workers who, umm … *checks notes* … tak…
  • Zerlyna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    9 months ago

    I’m in the US and I get 3 paid sick days a year. Anything more and I don’t get paid PLUS I get a point. After 8 points I lose my job. We come to work sick unless we are in the hospital.

    • LemmysMum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      801·
      9 months ago

      If Americans knew what workers rights were they’d be very angry to realise they have none.

      • oatscoop@midwest.socialEnglish
        162·
        9 months ago

        No, we have worker’s rights – not enough, but you do have rights. Federal and state labor law covers a surprisingly broad number of topics.

        Shitty employers want you to think you don’t have rights, because they want to continue to illegally exploit you.

    • polle@feddit.deEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      That is fucking insane. The burden for everyone who gets sincerely sick and is horrible fucked. Its just sad.

    • SARGEx117@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      My last job had no sick days. I would get no pay for the day and a point, and at 6 points you’re gone.

      The job I have now ALSO has no sick days, but at least the attendance policy is so lax I can literally skip 2/3 shifts and stay employed. Still no pay, but it’s a bit less shitty than my last job.

      The bar is so fucking low I don’t think ground penetrating radar could find it.