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CrispyQ

(41,120 posts)
4. I worked for a company that rewarded employees who didn't use any of their sick pay.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 11:10 AM
Feb 2026

OMG, what a stupid policy!

If you didn't use any of your sick pay throughout the year & in January you got your sick pay paid to you in a lump sum, minus taxes of course, and...a special lunch with the company president! I have never seen more sickly people at work! My cube was next to a woman who never called in sick & she'd be coughing & sneezing & I'm sure she spent entire mornings in the bathroom a few times. I never said anything but my coworker who sat on the other side of her, was pissed & complained to our manager, but he said there was nothing he could do, so the coworker took the issue to HR, who defended the policy & said it kept sick calls down. The coworker consulted an attorney & a few weeks later there was an announcement that the no-sick-day-appreciation-payback program had been cancelled & all you got was lunch with the president. I quit that year, but I suspect the following year there were significantly fewer people at the reward luncheon.

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Do you support Medicare for All? [View all] SocialDemocrat61 Feb 2026 OP
I posed that question to Mike Flood (repug Ne) Rver Feb 2026 #1
We can't afford not to. GreenWave Feb 2026 #2
I worked for a company that rewarded employees who didn't use any of their sick pay. CrispyQ Feb 2026 #4
As a Canadian, hell yes. roamer65 Feb 2026 #3
MediCAID for All leftstreet Feb 2026 #5
Respectfully, the proposed Medicare for All area51 Feb 2026 #17
Universal Health Care markie Feb 2026 #6
other mopinko Feb 2026 #7
Medicare is hardly shit insurance. Ms. Toad Feb 2026 #14
Sure. But Nobody Is Proposing That Right Now. MineralMan Feb 2026 #8
Half of Medicare is already Privatised as Medicare Advantage delisen Feb 2026 #9
+1 leftstreet Feb 2026 #10
Healthcare for all. Clouds Passing Feb 2026 #11
Huge yes mvd Feb 2026 #12
Yes. I'm not for free health care. Jacson6 Feb 2026 #13
I have Medicare mike_c Feb 2026 #15
I support Medicare for All and any and all PROGRESS made towards achieving universal healthcare. W_HAMILTON Feb 2026 #16
Need details BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2026 #18
yes onethatcares Feb 2026 #19
I support driving insurance out of the equation altogether. GoodRaisin Feb 2026 #20
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