Waking up with a booming head is caustic. Especially when 200 emails are waiting on the desk in the office, 50 patients in the hospital or 25 children in the daycare. You don't even simply say nothing to me "bad luck". You hold out there. People eagerly hope for the healing effects of the morning shower, for the placebo effect of the vitamin C pill or at least for Grippostad or Wick Daymed. Because you have to work. Otherwise you are on your employer's pocket and let your colleagues down. So much for the theory.
Presentism is expensive
According to studies, the opposite is the case in practice. Companies clearly lose money due to sick leave. However, in spite of illness – what professionalism calls presentism – it even costs twice as much. Because, firstly, sick people are not particularly productive, secondly because colleagues are infected who then – at best – stay at home and thirdly because health cannot be postponed. Employees who come to work sick are much more at risk of becoming chronically ill. Since then nobody has anything from. Nevertheless, two thirds of all employees go to work at least partially sick. Yes, even in times of corona and flu …
Just stay at home, man!
What does it say about you if you drag yourself to work with the flu? Actually only good things: You are responsible, collegial and loyal to your employer. But all of these properties are also excellent for the decision to stay better at home with a grater voice, a gurgling stomach or a sore throat. Now that you know. that it is much better for boss and colleagues if you recover … Next time please drink nice tea, take a hot bath, swallow homemade cough syrup and snuggle into bed. No, home office is not a solution either. The first and most important competence of a really good employee is to be able to take good care of yourself. So back to bed and away with the laptop! Hurry up! Especially these days, everything else is completely unacceptable!