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Before Breakfast

The New Corner Office: When should I call in sick?

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

A listener asks when remote workers should take sick days

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0:29.4

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0:35.4

Good morning, this is Laura

0:38.1

Welcome to the new corner office the podcast where we share strategies for thriving in the new world of work

0:44.7

We're location and hours are more flexible than in the past

0:49.9

Today's tip is about how to figure out when to call and sick when you work from home

0:55.9

Recently a listener wrote in that she had had a fever over the weekend

0:59.5

It didn't seem to be the coronavirus and she powered through the first three days of the work week

1:04.9

Popping into her zoom meetings and the like

1:07.5

As she noted it felt silly to call in sick even though I didn't feel well

1:12.3

I wasn't going to infect anybody else and I didn't have to leave my house

1:17.5

But she said on Wednesday afternoon my fever spiked again

1:21.1

And so she let her colleagues know that she couldn't be on her calls on Thursday

1:25.8

She worried that she was letting everyone down though

1:28.4

She noted that her colleagues responded quite graciously offering to bring her food and medical supplies

1:33.6

In any case she wondered what I thought about taking sick days when you're working from home

1:39.6

It's a good question

1:41.7

People who work from home take significantly fewer sick days than people who work in offices

1:47.4

Now that's not necessarily because they're healthier

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