Take a Sick Day, or Suffer ‘Sick Shaming’ at Work?

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Employees who feel ill have a tough choice: face criticism if they come to work and possibly infect co-workers, or take the blame for burdening their colleagues with more work if they stay home. Wall Street Journal “On the Clock” columnist Callum Borchers joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Here's your money briefing for Thursday, February 15th. I'm J. R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.
0:42.0	Good morning. Wow a lot of people in the office. We have so much to do today to get that
0:49.2	project done and to... Come on, cover your mouth. Gove your mouth. Geez, why don't people just stay home if they feel sick?
1:01.1	You can be shamed by your manager for calling in sick and leaving others in the
1:06.0	lurch to pick up the slack for you. But you also get the stink guy from workers if you show up
1:11.2	contagious because nobody wants to be around the person who's you know
1:14.0	hacking up a lung at their desk for a lot of workers it feels like a no-win situation.
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