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Totally. I think it's a company-to-company thing for sure though. When I was in-office, taking a sick day meant scrambling to hand off tasks and getting side-eyes for missing meetings. In my current role, which is fully remote, I log it in Slack, rest, and things keep moving. It’s made a huge difference in how I view my work-life balance because I feel like I can get stuff done while I take care of myself at the same time.
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Totally get that. It’s wild how much of a difference it makes when the culture actually supports rest, feels so much healthier all around.
Taking a sick day, even being in the office, isn’t a big deal where I’m at. However, taking a vacation is derailing the whole company. We may never financially recover type of energy.
Oh yeah, that is one thing I really enjoy. But at the same time, I also feel weird and awkward about taking a day off when I'm just going to be home anyway. I sometimes push myself to work through my sicknesses so that I don't get perceived as being lazy or something. It's kind of a double-edged sword.
I’ve noticed this also! I’m not fully WFH but these days, rescheduling an office day is more dramatic than a sick day
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100%!! My company is results based so as long as the work is done they aren’t bothered where or when you do it! We have the exact same, we usually pop a message into the groupchat saying we won’t be on too much today etc and it’s not an official sick day. It works so well and I don’t feel the anxiety around feeling guilty for being sick
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Yes, I totally feel that too. The guilt can creep in even when you know rest is the right call. It’s such a weird mental shift to make when your office is also your home