One of my guys caught a stomach bug and it's laid him up for 2 days now. He's feeling really positive about coming back tomorrow, but I told him not to push it and come back to quickly. Don't need him throwing up or worse still, having it come out the other end, whilst on the job.
My boss, on the other hand, is deeply upset that I'm allowing him to take whatever needed time he needs to get back to 100%. “I get it, you're an empathetic guy.” Which roughly translates you, you're not forceful enough in telling them to: “Suck it up and just come into work.”
I loathe the culture of sacrificing yourself to make the company money. And the best part is, my boss can't force me to do anything, and if he fires me there's no one else that knows how to manage as many things as what I do.