Just venting.
So, my company has just announced that it is adopting the Bradford Factor for managing sickness.
Points are allocated based on events squares times total days.
3 days off – 3 points (113)
Add 2 days off months later – 20 points (225)
Another day some time later – 54 points (336)
It very rapidly increases based on sick events more than total sick days.
It bothers me for a lot of reasons. Partly because my own circumstances make brief unpredictable illness more likely (and I took a substantial demotion earlier this year to move into a position that isn't impacted by that), but also because it's just an absurd system.
Let's say you you're unwell all week but you're not contagious (or working remote) and committed to doing what you can, so you work on Thursday while feeling rough but can't on Friday.
Taking Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday turns it into 2 events.
224 = 16
Taking the full week off is 1 event
115 = 5
Scenario: I had 6 separate sick days last year. (666 = 216). Add the above event on and we have either:
8810 = 640
Or
7711 = 539
I've been instructed to sign an agreement acknowledging that this is now part of my contract. In our policy, a score of 601+ is dismissal.
In the scenario above, choosing to work on the Thursday adds over 100 additional points and costs me my job.
Signing is not exactly optional. /sigh