ARE SICK DAYS DISAPPEARING?

Many companies don’t offer sick days, and as such, workers feel compelled to drag themselves into the office when they’re clearly under the weather. Of course, coming to work sick is far from ideal, since it exposes others to germs and creates a scenario where a whole team could potentially be taken out by a single virus. But plenty of companies do offer sick time, and in those situations, it’s easy enough for workers to take time away from their jobs in order to recuperate.

Or is it?

Now that remote work has become so commonplace, employees who have access to sick days often won’t use them. Instead, what they’ll do is ask for permission to work from home, and then push themselves to plug away at their laptops in between nose-blowing sessions and quick naps on the couch.

Well, at least they’re not infecting everyone else.