Try and count how many times you’ve gone into the office sick when you should have stayed home. Now imagine how many of your colleagues got sick because you didn’t want to fall behind in work. Cali’s Work+Life “Fit” Blog has some novel advice for contagious workaholics. How about working from home for the day instead?
“Imagine how many fewer sick days companies would have to pay for (in terms of lost productivity) if employees not sick enough to be bed-ridden, but sick enough to be contagious worked from home. I couldn’t help thinking of the cost-benefit analysis: fewer people sick overall, and more people working at least partially, instead of not at all, equals more productivity… Companies can’t wait until people get sick, or a snow storm hits, to roll out flexibility. It must already be part of your company’s day-to-day business strategy to work in a crisis.”
It’s amazing more companies don’t do this. I mean, why pay an employee for a sick day when you can pay an employee to work?
