It really felt nice when your employers actually cared that you were sick and being able to stay home when you were showing symptoms/tested positive was not only acceptable, but actively pushed and for a minimum number of days. Now it just feels like we’re sliding back to where we were before, like we’ve learned absolutely nothing from the experience and the unspoken (sometimes spoken) expectation now is that you come into work regardless. So now it feels like, “Just spread it, whatever, who cares?”
It really felt nice when your employers actually cared that you were sick and being able to stay home when you were showing symptoms/tested positive was not only acceptable, but actively pushed and for a minimum number of days. Now it just feels like we’re sliding back to where we were before, like we’ve learned absolutely nothing from the experience and the unspoken (sometimes spoken) expectation now is that you come into work regardless. So now it feels like, “Just spread it, whatever, who cares?”
We’ve learned a lot, it’s just what we’ve learned is about the nature of our employers and our value to them.