pkondz
Oh dear, I've got the silly thing in reverse
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This seems to be every business's mantra these days. Do more with less. People all over are getting burned out.they refuse to hire replacements, so everyone is left to do more with less help.
Karma.They had a chance to hire me back in December of last year, but didn't. Then they had two other chances, and didn't. They finally made me an offer, but I had another offer right around the same time, two actually, the Post Office and the law firm position. I was told that they weren't going to put a second person in the stockroom, big mistake, and that Bill will have to make due. Well, now they're going to have no one in the stockroom unless they can find a replacement before he leaves. Karma.

Very much agree with this statement.I've seen this a lot...sometimes it seems like the only way workplaces learn to appreciate their employees or how to properly run things is for them to lose all of their good people.
Careful. You'll get the thread closed again by the mods.

For... two weeks? Or was it 10 days? And... you're on days, this cycle?Well, I'm back at work. Boo...Hiss...
Just stop opening your mail. That'll stop that.But you know, it pays those pesky bills that keep showing up, so it's all good.
I hear you. I go on the Book of Faces very little... but when I do, I see a lot garbage and more people buying in to the garbage.I had been doing well avoiding social media and news and my mental health was improving.
It astounds me just how gullible people can be.
"Well, 400 leading scientists with a combined experience of over 8,000 years of experience say this... but Herbie the teen dropout said no, so I'm going with Herbie."
All right, that sounds pretty fun... and funny.we went to Lambert's Cafe, home of the throwed rolls, yesterday and the keto train crashed hard. Rolls and all you can eat fried okra for me. Google the restaurant if you want, but they literally throw rolls to you.

Your version is more accurate.I'll change that to:
Me: "I have the flu, and will probably take out the office".
Employer: "Come in anyway".
That's my experience with most of my employers/ bosses.
25 years ago, my senior year at college, I broke my arm at UPS (work accident), and had surgery that night with 2 plates and 10 screws to keep it together. The next day, I called the Dean of the Department and Professor to ask for an exception for the final exam scheduled the following day, he said I could just fail the class answer, re-take it, and try to graduate in the fall. I took the final on pain meds, with my right arm in a splint/ wrap, the hand I write with, and got a C in the class to graduate.
When my wife was dx with pneumonia and our girls were in day care, my boss gave me 1 day of sick leave, and said I was fired if I didn't come show up the next day because there was a presentation, & he was a big idiot that couldn't fill in for me.

I think we all have similar stories. And really... none of us should.