Spoken like a man who gets to sit down for most of his shifts indoors.
If us actual working Americans tried to go in sick, we'd collapse from the mixture of heat, exhaustion, and loss of strength that come along with most sicknesses. Which if it happened when we were carrying heavy objects or driving something, well that would go very badly.
And injuries from things like that take way more time off than a simple "sleep it off" day.
Yeah. I'm not going to pretend I work the most hardcore job...far from it. But certainly more hardcore than office work. Even when I'm feeling good, if it's too hot, or I didn't eat enough, or what have you...it's rough. If I'm really not feeling well? Oof, I'm worried I might just pass out.
As I said in another comment, if I'm not feeling well, I'll tough it out when I can, but if it get's bad I'll take a day. So I might tough it out three or four days, with a sick day mixed in. That generally gets pretty good results.
My go to rule is if I don't feel safe enough driving to work without issue, then I'm not work capable. And magically I only call out about once a year willingly, because I know my body and when it needs to rest more or just needs a little push to get over something.
Spoken like a man who gets to sit down for most of his shifts indoors.
If us actual working Americans tried to go in sick, we'd collapse from the mixture of heat, exhaustion, and loss of strength that come along with most sicknesses. Which if it happened when we were carrying heavy objects or driving something, well that would go very badly.
And injuries from things like that take way more time off than a simple "sleep it off" day.
Even working in an office, you can get everyone else sick and they in turn get their families sick.
Yeah. I'm not going to pretend I work the most hardcore job...far from it. But certainly more hardcore than office work. Even when I'm feeling good, if it's too hot, or I didn't eat enough, or what have you...it's rough. If I'm really not feeling well? Oof, I'm worried I might just pass out.
As I said in another comment, if I'm not feeling well, I'll tough it out when I can, but if it get's bad I'll take a day. So I might tough it out three or four days, with a sick day mixed in. That generally gets pretty good results.
My go to rule is if I don't feel safe enough driving to work without issue, then I'm not work capable. And magically I only call out about once a year willingly, because I know my body and when it needs to rest more or just needs a little push to get over something.