Imagine this, you just arrived at your company’s national end of year meeting which only a few of your department were invited. All of a sudden you feel a fever creep over your cheeks and throat. You stand tall and smile the first few hours, knowing you’re heading back the next day. But.. you only have 2 days before your next conference. Do you tell your boss you can’t make the conference straight up or wait a day?

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Ffs. It’s 2024. Go get a test and don’t ruin everyone else’s Halloween

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Point taken, thanks. I backed out. That’s why I turned to this forum because my decision making was clouded, especially being the only representative of my team for the next conference.

See a doctor and get medication if needed. The doctor and can advise if you need rest or if you can push through it

I don’t know why this is even a question. Obviously your health comes first. You can’t operate productively with a fever. Getting sick sucks but it is what it is. You have to take the days off.

Yea but tough luck to them. Sometimes there are unexpected circumstances or emergencies and this is one of them.

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It's good that you alerted your boss and backed out. For future reference, if you're the only representative and there's no one else on your team that can support you and take your place, that's not a healthy team environment. When you get back, start looking at how you can remedy this with your team. Even technology breaks down, and humans are far more interesting and complex than machines. Take care of yourself first or there is no team

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