For the second time in 2 weeks I’ve had to fight off a rather high fever (IOW, over 102 degrees F). That’s generally not a lot of fun, but what’s worse is that despite my having a job with benefits that include paid sick time, acutally using said sick time is not as easy as it sounds.
My company has several hundred, maybe even a thousand, employees. However, only a few of them work in my particular location, so if I wake up sick and have to open the store that day, I suck it up and shamble into work until my relief arrives. My employer doesn’t get the best sales performance out of me, and I worry about infecting the customers, but it’s just not feasible to have “floater” employees for the Bay Area who can cover for people in situations like that.
It would be nice if there were though…..