So I’ve been in management, and I’ve been a regular worker. One thing I’ve gathered from working is if someone comes in feeling sick, depressed, tired, hung over, whatever , they’re gonna do a terrible half assed job and make more work for everyone else.
Alternatively if they work in customer service, they’re in a bad mood, perhaps even giving attitude to the customers, or everyone can obviously tell they have no desire to be there.
Now as a company, why would you want someone who is going to do subpar work and even ruin your business public image from customers ?
When I was a manager I let people have a “I’m sick and need to call off” day and a “I just need the day off” day and I wouldn’t ask any questions.
I found I had way less call offs in general when I gave employees the comfort of knowing if they needed a day off, they could take it, and people were less burnt out.
I just think it’s crazy how companies want you to work through being sick and burnt out and then are surprised when you do bad work.