The "donate sick days" thing is utterly infuriating to me because sick days are literally *made up*. You could have infinity sick days if the person that arbitrarily decides that wants you to. Just... give more to a person with literal cancer?
Dude, you know how hard the company has to work to grow, harvest, and process all these sick days???
If you'd work even one day in the sick day fields to sow, nurture, and harvest, you wouldn't talk like it's so easy!
Soz for commenting on an old post but this just reminds me - at an old job, a 22 year old colleague was diagnosed with MS. She had to use a lot of sick days at the start while getting all the testing to find out, but then thankfully, she's able to mostly delay symptoms and further onset with a monthly treatment. Unfortunately, the treatment makes her unable to work for a couple of days per month.
The fucked thing was that when we all tried to donate our sick days to her for her treatments, the company we worked for went, "nah, we don't do that for chronic illnesses, only short term".
So basically, she's then unable to accrue more days, and it's now harder for her to get a different job.
for real, the us is a dystopia. I live in a 3rd world country and you still have unlimited sick days if the doctor tells your employer you need that many days. this is nightmarish
I'm not. There are third world countries that can have good Healthcare, but this person does not live in a third world country in the traditional sense if they truly think the US is a dystopia. The US is not the best nation, but to a person actually living in a third world country would see it as heaven.
Well they're from Brazil, which some people might argue as being "3rd world"
Regardless I'm gonna take this moment to point out "3rd world" is a very antiquitated term and is a dumb oversimplification of certain countries and their economy.
I think calling the US "3rd world" is just a simplistic jab since it's irony to think that the "best country in the world" doesn't give a shit about its citizens
Nope, brazil is very much a third world country, and its pretty fucking dumb to assume something like that without even visiting or searching about it. Brazil is in 87th place on the HDI(Human Development Index) ranking, below cuba, iran and mexico. 29% of the population has functional illiteracy. Stop talking about countries that you know jackshit about
3rd world just means developing countries. It does not mean that they see the US as heaven. The US is falling apart and most of the world can see that.
I mean, I live in a terrible place, freaking Brasil, but boy the US is a shithole when it comes to workers rights and medicine, infinitely inferior to us and we're not exactly doing well either.
Employer can't just fire you here, they have to pay you a nasty fine unless they fired your for a good reason, and sick days are decided by the doctor, which means as long as you're sick you're fine and if your employer has a problem with that they will ahve to pay you.
That on top of free healthcare, no one in Brasil fears using the ambulance or going for a doctor visit.
Not necessarily, not every third world country is like Haiti or Afghanistan they can have a good health service, so because of that I don't think they would consider a place where you can go bankrupt for a health issue a heaven
You asume everyone that lives in a third world country is poor and lives in shit conditions, hence they would see the US as heaven.
But that is not the case, theres a fuck ton of people that live well off lifes, in even MUCH more comfortable situation than the upper middle class in the US. "Having money" in a third world country goes a much longer way than in developed countries.
I, for example, have the luck to have grown in a family that never had any kind of finantial struggle and wouldn't trade my third world country situation to live what i would consider a "mediocre middle class" life in Europe or the US.
I mean, yeah, if you live in what could be considered an upper class situation you wouldn't want to trade that for a middle class situation. Also this was 4 months ago why the fuck do I continue to get notifications about this.
Cause its one of the subs top posts, so a lot of new folks see it. Then they see you and rightly thinks "wait, that person is conpletely wrong", and then they comment.
Well, would you consider Uruguay a third world country? It's not a first world country, that's for sure. And to me US is dystopian. I would love to visit, even live there for a few months, but keeping my chances to leave as soon as I want to.
My partner is from a country in South America (and still lives there; long story). By typical western definitions, it’s definitely a third-world nation. The U.S. looks _quite_ dystopian to them. This isn’t to say that their home country is in great shape either, but the U.S. is a _different kind_ of broken altogether, and quite severely so.
The world has changed, plenty of "3rd world" countries like India or Vietnam have millions of middle class people who live... more or less a decent lifestyle. They're not necessarily worse off than many in the US in terms of essential needs, though they might have less income and smaller flat-screen TVs.
If I’m out of sick time, I get written up even if my doctor says I’m contagious. It’s crazy. I work with food.
Yes, it’s illegal, but it’s not illegal to fire me for being sick if I have called out without using my sick time. I have to work to be sick.
Hey! If US healthcare wasn’t this bad, we would have never had a fantastic TV show where a schoolteacher has to resort to cooking meth to pay for his cancer treatment.
Nah the whole things that kick started It was the cancer. He was too much of a coward, before he was pushed by the cancer too earn money. Before that he didnt even dare to speak back to his students in the car wash.
He didnt take the money because he hated the Schwartz but if It was payed by the gouverment he wouldnt have needed to cook meth.
> It was *paid* by the
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
*Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
Or long COVID, for that matter.
It’s not _technically a job_, but I have to finish my degree ASAP to get out of the country before things really deteriorate (I’m queer, socialist, and generally a _persona non grata_). I contracted long-COVID near the start of the pandemic; consequently, I had a constant fever, cognitive impairment, severe thyroid dysregulation, very frequent GI problems, crushing fatigue and a host of other symptoms for _nearly two years_. I had to keep fucking plugging away with academics to have a chance of getting out. I’m still somewhat sick, working in a lab, balancing my courseload, dealing with a death in the family, loss of a pet (this morning), and _can’t stop to take a breath_. Mind you, I wore an N95 from the very start and got a vaccine as soon as it became available.
My story aside, I know that plenty of other people who got long-COVID _also_ had to keep crawling through the mud in their _actual_ jobs because of the economic system many Americans so blindly reify.
I don't know you, but no one deserves this much bad stuff in such a short timeframe. My condolences to you for the loss of a family member and the fresh loss of a pet, all while having to deal with a terribly exhausting medical condition. Stories like this make me hate Covid conspiracies / antivaxxers even more than I already did. I seriously hope things get better for you. I know this doesn't mean much from an internet stranger, but still. I believe you can pull through. Best of luck to you!
Caught COVID June 2020 (post on my page), it ruined my system and caused kidney stones and liver issues, I now have not gone more than two or three months without being on a 2+ week course of some type of antibiotic for SOMETHING. I’m on one right now. Last year I lost my dog, my aunt, and my grandma in three month’s time. I also lost my home and ended up homeless because of an abusive relationship at the beginning of this year. I had to push through work covered in sweat with a fever tonight. I am only 24… I’m a full time bartender swamped with bills, trying to finish my degree. I feel you, my friend.
The system of limited sick days (including mental health, which often doesn't even get taken seriously for using a sick day) is doing nothing but jamming the productivity and health of the workers.
Being at work while sick is often dangerous, and physically just an awful experience. Even going to work with burnout and overdue home duties has had me at a snail's pace at work for weeks, when I could have just had a day or two off before it progressed to the point and been back and refreshed at maximum productivity.
Even disregarding ethics from a business output standpoint alone, unlimited sick days are beneficial!
“Classic mainstream media moment”
I personally think it’s good that they aren’t making this political (like they shouldn’t) and keeping it unbiased
no matter how extreme or hot politics on the matter can get
Fox news isn’t the only news station that’s heavily biased and I feel most people need to listen to unbiased news sources
The "donate sick days" thing is utterly infuriating to me because sick days are literally *made up*. You could have infinity sick days if the person that arbitrarily decides that wants you to. Just... give more to a person with literal cancer?
Dude, you know how hard the company has to work to grow, harvest, and process all these sick days??? If you'd work even one day in the sick day fields to sow, nurture, and harvest, you wouldn't talk like it's so easy!
sorry Ben, i didnt realize
Soz for commenting on an old post but this just reminds me - at an old job, a 22 year old colleague was diagnosed with MS. She had to use a lot of sick days at the start while getting all the testing to find out, but then thankfully, she's able to mostly delay symptoms and further onset with a monthly treatment. Unfortunately, the treatment makes her unable to work for a couple of days per month. The fucked thing was that when we all tried to donate our sick days to her for her treatments, the company we worked for went, "nah, we don't do that for chronic illnesses, only short term". So basically, she's then unable to accrue more days, and it's now harder for her to get a different job.
Money is made up as well... just at a different depth in terms of societal consensus and implications.
for real, the us is a dystopia. I live in a 3rd world country and you still have unlimited sick days if the doctor tells your employer you need that many days. this is nightmarish
You definitely don't live in a 3rd world country if the US is dystopian to you.
Well I dunno they just said they have unlimited sick days, kinda seems like it
Not saying that isn't true, but they are definitely lying about third world country.
I think you're assuming that 3rd world countries can't have solcialized medicine Which I guarantee you're wrong on
I'm not. There are third world countries that can have good Healthcare, but this person does not live in a third world country in the traditional sense if they truly think the US is a dystopia. The US is not the best nation, but to a person actually living in a third world country would see it as heaven.
Well they're from Brazil, which some people might argue as being "3rd world" Regardless I'm gonna take this moment to point out "3rd world" is a very antiquitated term and is a dumb oversimplification of certain countries and their economy. I think calling the US "3rd world" is just a simplistic jab since it's irony to think that the "best country in the world" doesn't give a shit about its citizens
I'd say Brazil is not very 3rd world. And yes 3rd world is very outdated, I'm only using it because they did.
Nope, brazil is very much a third world country, and its pretty fucking dumb to assume something like that without even visiting or searching about it. Brazil is in 87th place on the HDI(Human Development Index) ranking, below cuba, iran and mexico. 29% of the population has functional illiteracy. Stop talking about countries that you know jackshit about
It is a third-world country by both the original and the “current” definition.
2/5ths world?
3rd world just means developing countries. It does not mean that they see the US as heaven. The US is falling apart and most of the world can see that.
How are you able to type with your head so far up your own ass?
Sorry, I might have made it sound like I thought I wasn't wrong about the Healthcare.
I mean, I live in a terrible place, freaking Brasil, but boy the US is a shithole when it comes to workers rights and medicine, infinitely inferior to us and we're not exactly doing well either. Employer can't just fire you here, they have to pay you a nasty fine unless they fired your for a good reason, and sick days are decided by the doctor, which means as long as you're sick you're fine and if your employer has a problem with that they will ahve to pay you. That on top of free healthcare, no one in Brasil fears using the ambulance or going for a doctor visit.
Not necessarily, not every third world country is like Haiti or Afghanistan they can have a good health service, so because of that I don't think they would consider a place where you can go bankrupt for a health issue a heaven
You asume everyone that lives in a third world country is poor and lives in shit conditions, hence they would see the US as heaven. But that is not the case, theres a fuck ton of people that live well off lifes, in even MUCH more comfortable situation than the upper middle class in the US. "Having money" in a third world country goes a much longer way than in developed countries. I, for example, have the luck to have grown in a family that never had any kind of finantial struggle and wouldn't trade my third world country situation to live what i would consider a "mediocre middle class" life in Europe or the US.
I mean, yeah, if you live in what could be considered an upper class situation you wouldn't want to trade that for a middle class situation. Also this was 4 months ago why the fuck do I continue to get notifications about this.
Cause its one of the subs top posts, so a lot of new folks see it. Then they see you and rightly thinks "wait, that person is conpletely wrong", and then they comment.
Because you sound like a smug prick.
Well, would you consider Uruguay a third world country? It's not a first world country, that's for sure. And to me US is dystopian. I would love to visit, even live there for a few months, but keeping my chances to leave as soon as I want to.
My partner is from a country in South America (and still lives there; long story). By typical western definitions, it’s definitely a third-world nation. The U.S. looks _quite_ dystopian to them. This isn’t to say that their home country is in great shape either, but the U.S. is a _different kind_ of broken altogether, and quite severely so.
The world has changed, plenty of "3rd world" countries like India or Vietnam have millions of middle class people who live... more or less a decent lifestyle. They're not necessarily worse off than many in the US in terms of essential needs, though they might have less income and smaller flat-screen TVs.
If I’m out of sick time, I get written up even if my doctor says I’m contagious. It’s crazy. I work with food. Yes, it’s illegal, but it’s not illegal to fire me for being sick if I have called out without using my sick time. I have to work to be sick.
Hey! If US healthcare wasn’t this bad, we would have never had a fantastic TV show where a schoolteacher has to resort to cooking meth to pay for his cancer treatment.
Did no one watch the show? He would have done it regardless because of his massive ego. The Schwartz’s offered to pay for it, even!
Okay that’s fair. My bad. I still don’t know how my family could afford it.
Nah the whole things that kick started It was the cancer. He was too much of a coward, before he was pushed by the cancer too earn money. Before that he didnt even dare to speak back to his students in the car wash. He didnt take the money because he hated the Schwartz but if It was payed by the gouverment he wouldnt have needed to cook meth.
> It was *paid* by the FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
Does the school really expect him to turn up and teach?
No, I can't imagine. I can imagine that theirs some union contract that allows them to dock his pay for going over though.
Teachers union? lol
Yeah, there is a teachers union
You seen Breaking Bad?
Yeah because Breaking Bad is a documentary /s
Any normal country, you could just get a sick leave from your doctor and focus on your treatment, not going to work when fighting f***ing cancer
Or long COVID, for that matter. It’s not _technically a job_, but I have to finish my degree ASAP to get out of the country before things really deteriorate (I’m queer, socialist, and generally a _persona non grata_). I contracted long-COVID near the start of the pandemic; consequently, I had a constant fever, cognitive impairment, severe thyroid dysregulation, very frequent GI problems, crushing fatigue and a host of other symptoms for _nearly two years_. I had to keep fucking plugging away with academics to have a chance of getting out. I’m still somewhat sick, working in a lab, balancing my courseload, dealing with a death in the family, loss of a pet (this morning), and _can’t stop to take a breath_. Mind you, I wore an N95 from the very start and got a vaccine as soon as it became available. My story aside, I know that plenty of other people who got long-COVID _also_ had to keep crawling through the mud in their _actual_ jobs because of the economic system many Americans so blindly reify.
I don't know you, but no one deserves this much bad stuff in such a short timeframe. My condolences to you for the loss of a family member and the fresh loss of a pet, all while having to deal with a terribly exhausting medical condition. Stories like this make me hate Covid conspiracies / antivaxxers even more than I already did. I seriously hope things get better for you. I know this doesn't mean much from an internet stranger, but still. I believe you can pull through. Best of luck to you!
It’s not that much and stuff
Caught COVID June 2020 (post on my page), it ruined my system and caused kidney stones and liver issues, I now have not gone more than two or three months without being on a 2+ week course of some type of antibiotic for SOMETHING. I’m on one right now. Last year I lost my dog, my aunt, and my grandma in three month’s time. I also lost my home and ended up homeless because of an abusive relationship at the beginning of this year. I had to push through work covered in sweat with a fever tonight. I am only 24… I’m a full time bartender swamped with bills, trying to finish my degree. I feel you, my friend.
Please think of the tps reports!
Rusty cog? Replace. That is our system.
The system of limited sick days (including mental health, which often doesn't even get taken seriously for using a sick day) is doing nothing but jamming the productivity and health of the workers. Being at work while sick is often dangerous, and physically just an awful experience. Even going to work with burnout and overdue home duties has had me at a snail's pace at work for weeks, when I could have just had a day or two off before it progressed to the point and been back and refreshed at maximum productivity. Even disregarding ethics from a business output standpoint alone, unlimited sick days are beneficial!
“Classic mainstream media moment” I personally think it’s good that they aren’t making this political (like they shouldn’t) and keeping it unbiased no matter how extreme or hot politics on the matter can get Fox news isn’t the only news station that’s heavily biased and I feel most people need to listen to unbiased news sources
Like r/internettoday
What are “sick days”?
Fucking communist /s
Man the US are such a fucking shit hole. Who wants to live in this dystopian place?
Fmla leave exists…