☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agoHear me outlemmy.mlimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1234
arrow-up1234imageHear me outlemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-215 hours agoMeanwhile, the rest of the civilised world still struggles with the very concept of sick days. “you have to ask permission to be sick?”
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoIn a lot of cases we need to spend the time setting up an appointment and traveling to it to pay a doctor to write a note to prove we are sick. So we need permission and we have to pay for it.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoI think the latter part went without saying.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 hours agoIt is worth pointing out that there are frequently additional steps and costs in addition to getting permission from your job to be sick. Anyone outside the US would be unaware of this additional cost and effort.
Meanwhile, the rest of the civilised world still struggles with the very concept of sick days.
“you have to ask permission to be sick?”
In a lot of cases we need to spend the time setting up an appointment and traveling to it to pay a doctor to write a note to prove we are sick.
So we need permission and we have to pay for it.
I think the latter part went without saying.
It is worth pointing out that there are frequently additional steps and costs in addition to getting permission from your job to be sick. Anyone outside the US would be unaware of this additional cost and effort.