Gripe- there is no room for a sick day in this profession. Big closing coming up. Have a bad cold. Have billed 40+ hours in the last 3 days.

Why do lawyers celebrate a culture of poor health?

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Your point is fair although I don’t know that many people “celebrate” the culture you’re talking about. In fact, I know a lot of law firms and other businesses - that even before COVID19 - insisted that sick people NOT come to work because of the risk/probability of other people getting sick. One irony of the WFH situation is that when you’re working at home there’s no risk of infecting others so it may be easier to allow/require people who are ill to work.

OP do the people you’re working with know you’re really sick?

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