For one thing, there's been a perspective shift. It used to be we went to work unless we couldn't get out of bed. For lots of reasons. You'd get fired, people would think you're a baby, and your conscience couldn't tolerate that the day would be harder for your coworkers who rely on you. At some point I started hearing, "Don't go to work sick or you'll make everyone else sick." I think they underestimate rhinovirus if they believe that.
We've also been building a shortage of workers across the board as the baby boomer population bump retires. You have to take the bad with the good because there's nobody to replace them, and you can't demand too much or they'll disappear. I know unemployment varies regionally, but I think anyone who hasn't been able to find a job in the past 10 years is doing something wrong. Another cultural shift is a different relationship with the workplace. My identity is wrapped up in my job, and I freely admit that. People now think that's unhealthy. I think if your identity is wrapped up in Pokemon or Instagram that you're an idiot. We'll see who's unhealthy when the next recession hits. -Adam ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 7:15 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Employees We have a continual, my head hurts too much to come in, throwing up, migrane, etc etc. Dizzy. Foot hurts. I missed maybe 1 day in the last year. I do work with I am sick though. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 3:45 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Employees Haha, I wish! From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 4:19 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] Employees In my experience owners are much healthier than employees. Is it just me?
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