Callum Borchers

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Take a Sick Day, or Suffer ‘Sick Shaming’ at Work? · 15 Feb 2024 podcast

So if bosses are reluctant to take sick days themselves, that can signal to subordinates that, hey, you're expected to gut it out too. matched

Also, if they're harping on how inconvenient it is and how matched

Your co-workers are going to have to pick up the slack that can apply pressure to come on in. matched

And there are some numbers that we can put to this. matched

I mean, when Resume Builder surveyed a thousand U.S. matched

managers in January, a fifth of them acknowledged that they do encourage under the weather employees to come to the office. matched

And almost a quarter of them, J.R., said they are suspecting that workers might be lying or at least exaggerating the severity of their illnesses. matched

Yes, that is one of the flexible options of a hybrid work schedule. matched

But the numbers show that people are actually reporting to their desks at the highest rates in almost four years. matched

At the end of January and into the early February, office occupancy was climbing up to 53%, according to Castle Systems, which is one of those companies with the building access card so they can track who's swiping in and out. matched

And that's the highest number since March of 2020. matched

So even though many of us have a hybrid schedule, it turns out we're back at our desks more than we have been since the beginning of the pandemic. matched

For a lot of white collar workers with desk jobs, the answer is yes. matched

And again, it sort of comes from matched

your own ability you prove during the pandemic that you can work from home a lot of folks they just sign on from home instead of actually calling in sick you know they're typing and blowing into their tissue in their pajamas at home but they're still working they're not totally taking the day off and this also comes up in conversations with managers some bosses acknowledge that when somebody says hey i'm not feeling well today instead of initially just saying okay great take the day off they do sometimes ask okay do you feel well enough to work from home matched

Just that question, just asking that question can make a worker feel like, oh, I guess I shouldn't really take a sick day. matched

I should probably try to tough it out, even if it's on my own sofa at home. matched

That's right. matched

And this is why this concept of sick shaming really cuts both ways. matched

You can be shamed by your manager for calling in sick and leaving others in the lurch to pick up the slack for you. matched

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