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More and more people are working from home ever since the pandemic.

But companies continue to push for workers to come back to offices.

According toResume Builder, 90% of companies will return to the office by the end of 2024.

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However,expertssay that the concept of a five-day workweek in the office is dead.

They recommend embracing the hybrid model and letting employees work at least one day a week from home.

The OP in thisstorywanted to stay home for a mandatory office day because they felt sick.

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

The OP complied and demonstrated how we can handle these kinds of nonsensical requests from management.

We reached out to u/Particular_Bug0, and he was kind enough to answer some questions for theBored Pandareaders.

Read our short chat below!

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

It was the first day of my time off at the time of making that post.

I was just wasting time on Reddit and through r/all, stumbled upon a post on r/pettyrevenge.

In his story, u/Particular_Bug0 mentions that the antagonist in this story was a new manager.

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

[My] previous manager was very chill, the OP tells us.

He had worked with our team for years and [knew] us quite well.

Thats probably also why he didnt make any mandatory office days.

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Communication is key, after all, in these types of situations.

The management wont receive the message if everyone stays silent.

Whether management will listen is, of course, another story, the Redditor laughs.

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

In Britain, for example, the employee absence rate is one of the lowest globally.

However, employment experts advise against trying to play the hero.

They say that a sick day should be a sick day.

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

She says that going into the office sick may come back to bite you in the rear later.

We should not come to work sick either, for the benefit of our mental health.

ADanish studyfound that sickness presenteeism might contribute to people who were not depressed developing depression.

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

People should check what the company policy for working from home when sick is.

So understanding those rules as an employee is key, Taylor explained.

It seems that the experts would side with the OP on this one.

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Another big part of the problem is the always-hustling mentality.

People nowadays tend to tie their value to being productive.

But such a philosophy only turns out to be toxic in the long run.

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

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Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It

Manager Tells Sick Employee To Come To The Office Unless They Have A Doctor’s Note, Regrets It