Te-Ping Chen
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373 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2022
last heard Oct 2024
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Of course, we have COVID-19 and the rise in illnesses as well, like RSV.
But managers and human resources execs will also tell you that there's something else going on, which is a bigger shift in how Americans relate to their jobs.
We are definitely seeing more workers wanting to step away and take time for reasons of mental health.
We are also seeing more younger workers have
an attitude shift, whereas in the past, older workers might have been afraid of taking sick days for fear of seeming weak or unreliable.
We're starting to see younger workers feel like, no, actually, I can and I will take these days.
These are part of my benefits.
Well, if you look at the data, so far this year, 30% of white collar workers with access to paid leave have taken sick time, which is up pretty substantially from 21% in 2019.
And that jump has been even greater for employees between ages 25 and 34.
So pre-post pandemic, a pretty substantial shift.
Yes.
With younger workers, absolutely, you do hear from managers that there is more of a propensity to use sick time for reasons of mental health and that kind of self-care.
There is also the feeling among a number of younger workers in recent years that they
It's been a really hot job market, and we've seen employers really compete to offer a lot of benefits to get folk through the door and a feeling as well among younger workers that these are my benefits, I'm entitled to them, and I'm going to use them.
And if I use them, I'm not so scared that I'm going to get fired and not be able to find another job.
On the one hand, of course, if you are sick and working remotely, it is easier to avoid calling out, which actually makes the rise in overall sick day usage even more striking.
On the other hand, though, I did speak to one human resources lead at a large company who noted that now that folks are no longer in the office five days in the same way, that
sense of pressure to follow the lead of older workers who are really going to show up five days a week, even if they are a little under the weather.
Younger workers aren't having that same pressure to be so visibly in the office five days a week amid remote and hybrid work.
And that's definitely a factor as well.
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