Give Up Sick Days? Young Workers Say No Way

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In the past, many workers viewed not taking sick days as a badge of honor. But now WSJ reporter Te-Ping Chen tells host J.R. Whalen people are taking more sick time, and they’re taking time off for reasons other than feeling unwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.8	Here's your money briefing for Friday, October 20th.
0:20.7	I'm JR Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.
0:26.4	For the pandemic, most workers weren't very likely to take a sick day, and if they did,
0:31.1	it was because they were well sick.
0:34.5	Now the bar for taking sick days has gotten a lot lower, and some bosses aren't too happy
0:40.2	about it.
0:41.2	We are definitely seeing more workers wanting to step away and take time for reasons of mental
0:46.2	health.
0:47.2	We are also seeing more younger workers feel like, no, actually I can and I will take
0:53.2	these days.
0:54.2	These are part of my benefits.
0:56.2	We'll talk to Wall Street Journal reporter to ping Chen, after the break.
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1:26.9	People are working more days at the office, but they're also taking more sick days, and
1:34.1	it's frustrating their bosses.
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