Generation Never-Called-in-Sick

https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-boomers-gen-z-sick-days-time-off-work-regret-2024-9

by agubelu • 2 years ago

16 10 2 years ago

businessinsider.com

benterix• 2 years ago

No archive.ph link necessary, just disable JS (one click in uBlock Origin).

BrandoElFollito• 2 years ago

... if you are not on mobile

happymellon• 2 years ago

My mobile has UBlock Origin.

Brian_K_White• 2 years ago

Worked fine on my mobile. Firefox on Android.

jmclnx• 2 years ago

When most boomers started out, Companies would have your back in many cases and hardly anyone left to work elsewhere.

Starting in I guess the 80s/90s it all changed. I remember getting paid for unused sick-time in the 80s, that became history towards the end of that decade.

So yes, these days, use your sick time.

darklion• 2 years ago

Meanwhile, my company halved our sick time a couple of years ago, and just last week announced that they were eliminating dedicated sick time entirely starting the first of next year. Want to take a sick day? Spend your “paid time off” (a.k.a., vacation days) to do it.

Insert a, “I’d love to use my sick time, IF I HAD ANY” meme here.

JohnFen• 2 years ago

Every company I've worked for in the last 20 years or so have combined sick time and vacation time into a single "paid time off" bucket.

I strongly prefer that, honestly. It means that I don't have to categorize the reasons why I'm taking the time off because it doesn't matter. It's all just time off.

The key to remember is that it means that PTO is not "vacation time". It's a paid time off allowance that can certainly be used for vacation, but can also be used for other things.

Generation Never-Called-in-Sick

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