Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Long long thread on Facebook Sunday with multiple comments as a person gets sick over the weekend and blames a co-worker for coming in sick at the end of the work week. Bossman came in here sick on Friday -- complaining of flu like symptoms -- and is so sick today that he couldn't even email or call in. So, when do you stay home?
Lots of moving parts to this:
leave -- do you actually have PTO [paid time off] or does staying home mean that your paycheck will be less?
work -- in larger companies, if someone misses a day or two the work of the company rolls on even though your desk will be piled up high when you get back. But in smaller companies? When a person is out that might mean something vital slips
culture -- does your boss make you feel like a wimp for staying home? Are the non-verbal signals telling you that if you REALLY care about your career, you will drag yourself in no matter what?
co-workers -- just how much do they resent your being in the office sick? One person on Facebook described it as bad as sexual harrassment or bullying because you were contritbuting to a "hostile work environment", which are words to chill the heart of every manager and HR person, neh?
My personal indicator is whether or not I am running a fever. My body temperature tends to be normal at 97.6 [part and parcel of a low metabolism I guess], so if my temperature is between 99 - 100 F, then I am sick enough [and probably infectious] and I stay home. It is the old rule of thumb that the school nurses used to use for the kids -- although for a while in second grade, Tom figured out that if he ran around enough on the playground and then went to the nurse, his temperature would soar to 100 and he would get sent home. I had to put a stop to that!
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