I work in an office with about 40 others. Our company sends a daily e-mail to all employees which outlines who is out of office including the general reason code sick, vacation, bereavement, etc.
When I started I was instructed it was designed to keep everyone in a loop in case they needed the person outlined. We also seem to have the culture where its normalized for other co-workers to ask the individuals absent; why they were out, what sickness, who passed away, etc.
Personally I find the whole the process invasive and it makes me uncomfortable. Has anyone else experienced this or is this practice normal?