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The normalizing of taking “mental health days” is troubling

I'm absolutely a supporter of workers taking time off to maintain their mental well-being, but the idea that it's an acceptable and inherent bi-product of employers pushing workers beyond reasonable and healthy expectations of productivity is absolutely troubling. That workers should spend their own sick days to cope with an ever-diminishing work-life balance rather than employers being forced to adhere to humane standards and expectations is absolutely maddening. We cannot accept a future where we're pushed to our absolute mental limits and have to choose when we can afford to spend a sick day to recharge.


I'm absolutely a supporter of workers taking time off to maintain their mental well-being, but the idea that it's an acceptable and inherent bi-product of employers pushing workers beyond reasonable and healthy expectations of productivity is absolutely troubling.

That workers should spend their own sick days to cope with an ever-diminishing work-life balance rather than employers being forced to adhere to humane standards and expectations is absolutely maddening. We cannot accept a future where we're pushed to our absolute mental limits and have to choose when we can afford to spend a sick day to recharge.

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