As you sit at your office working away, you hear a co-worker nearby hacking up a lung and blowing their nose into tissue after tissue. At this point, there are two common lines of thought that occur in response to this situation:
“Wow, what a hard worker – comes into the office even when they’ve got a terrible cold.”
(or)
“Why are they here? They are going to give the rest of us their flu. Great! I know I’ll get sick this weekend.”
The government recommends that anyone exhibiting the physical symptoms associated with cold or flu stay home. As fall turns to winter, consider these reasons to stay home or encourage your co-workers or employees to stay home when sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching and complaints of being up all night strike:
Work/life balance takes a toll. Most people in the working world appreciate a company that offers a good work/life balance. However, if the company culture silently supports employees coming in when feeling under the weather, their appreciation for a good job combined with a solid personal life is likely to be impacted. In turn, an employee’s overall satisfaction at the company could go down and even contribute to a shorter tenure with that ...
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