re: #666 Alouette

Where I work, HR Department has put out a campaign to persuade workers to use their sick days when they get sick! You can not be productive if you are running a 103 fever, and your co-workers don’t appreciate you “sharing”

That works better if you can’t be fired for not showing enough “effort”. I agree with the premise, people shouldn’t go to work sick. But there’s a reason they do it in 21st-century America, and it’s not all simple workplace machoism.