Currently the company I work for gives everyone six sick days. Personally I think it's kind of ridiculously low and most people I've talked to at the company agree. This is a multi billion corporation that can afford to let people take time off when they're sick.
My mentor proposed the idea of unlimited sick days, which I'm all for. Most of the companies I've worked at before have had unlimited sick days and trying to navigate six sick days has added more stress to my life. I got sick earlier this year and ended up having to work from home while sick because I didn't want to use up all my sick days the first month of the year.
We both know that the company will not grant us unlimited sick days, so my mentor proposed allowing employees to voluntarily pool shared sick time as an alternative. I think this is a terrible idea and actually ends up taking away benefits from employees, but I don't really have the words to articulate this to my mentor. But I would literally leave the company if they changed to this. It feels like a way for the company to say they're giving us more freedom when they're literally giving us nothing and just taking away from employees. It's a multi billion dollar corporation, they should be able to let employees take time off when they're sick.
So if anyone could help me with articles or something to articulate why this is a bad idea, I'd appreciate it. Or let me know if I'm just wrong about this lol.
Edit: to clarify, the company has not proposed this. Just my mentor as an alternative to unlimited sick time. There are no official plans to change from 6 sick days.