Comment on Never believe the hype.

• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Having paid time off on paper doesn’t mean you have it in practice, as anyone who’s worked food service can tell you. Blaming the guy who had to stay in a low wage job for decades for his kids’ health insurance instead of the corporation that fosters an environment where people are discouraged from or punished for calling out is missing the forest for the trees.

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• Nommer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is usually how PTO in minimum wage jobs works. “Hey boss can I use a PTO day? I’m sick.” “Just find someone to cover your shift.” Of course nobody volunteers so you go in sick or get fired.

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• shrugs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As a european i think its fucking disgusting that sick days in america are substracted from vacation days. Don’t you deserve any vacation because you happen to be sick more often then someone else?

  Here in germany, if I geht sick during a vacation, i’ll call work and get back all the vacation days that I happened to be sick, because everyone should use his vacation days to regenerate and relax, not to lie in bed being sick.

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  • Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sometimes they are separate allotments. My work combined them at one point, which means they would get more vacation time than before as long as they don’t get sick.

    Of course that’s still encouraging people to work while sick.

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• MonkRome@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve gone 5 years I’m a row without getting sick. I met this electrician that claimed he didn’t get sick for the last 30 years. We don’t actually know how many times this dude was sick.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Maybe he was Unbreakable

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• Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t think Burger King offers PTO, unless you’re a full-time manager.

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  • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It depends which state, many have a legal requirement to give sickpay

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s great!

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  • Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In my state you get paid dick days, it’s the law

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That is a great law!

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