How come if Covid is finished I've got it now

I just know every meeting I've had with HR hasn't ended well .

 

I went into work with a cold a couple of months ago, felt shocking but tested negative, so chose to go into work as not to affect my Bradford factor score. A week or two later I tested positive, but felt absolutely fine but had to isolate for 10 days.

Truth is we must learn to live with it & try to use common sense, of course stay at home if testing positive, but let’s be honest, how many people are going to regularly test these days?

Make sure you have your jabs & just get on with life like before when we managed with Flu etc.

 

yes they are a breed to themselves

 

My Supervisor once insisted I went to phase 2 in spite of having Doctors notes and being laid up with Achille's tendonitis for three weeks. I couldn't walk ffs.

 

I heard that last week, 1 in 16 people in England had COVID, so it's not surprising people are getting it, my old schoolmate and his wife (they live near Donny) emailed to say they're not coming to our wedding tomorrow because they've got it. My son had it last week and we're hoping he tests negative tomorrow morning

 

was you on the star ship enterprise , did you ever set the phasers to stun?

 

Especially once paying for test kits come in on April 1st.

 

least you popular and got more than 16 guests

 

I think if SSP was at a reasonable level, empoyers' attitude towards sickness would relax a little.

 

only a fool would pay for them

 

Fully agree.

My wife was in hospital because one person chose to come into the office with symptoms, knowing full well my wife had an impaired immune system. There are other things I could chunter about, but I won't.

That person was always going to do that, and has likely always done that when faced with illness. I don't think there should be a law on this. It just wouldn't be enforceable, but I would like people to have a little awareness, and a little compassion to think of others and not just self. You'd then hope morality aligned with company process to allow that to occur without penalty or tarring guilt on anyone.

But the sad reality is that it is unlikely to follow.

My wifes doing much better, still very tired and runs out of energy quickly, but you can see she's frightened. She said something just yesterday that perhaps sums it up in a very stark way.

"I never really thought that something as simple as another person exhaling could potentially kill me. But now I know it can, it's hard to think of anything else."

 

Hope they feel guilty

 

I full emphasise with you. That's why there needs to be less pressure on people not to phone in sick for fear of their job. HR teams need to realign there policies for modern working conditions and situations like you described above.

 

They sent her flowers when she was discharged. That seems to have absolved them in their own mind given the dialogue I've overheard.

 

Firstly, I'm glad you took my viewpoint in the way it was intended, because I didn't want to make light of covid and paint it as no longer serious etc. We are way behind other cultures when it comes down to protecting others from illness and even with what has happened this past two years I doubt people will wear a mask when they have a cold etc.

I am glad your other half is on the mend and I hope that this bout provides some immunity for her and in turn eventually allowing her to reframe those views as "it didn't kill me, and whilst I've had a very rough ride my body is stronger than I thought. I got through this".

 

some people have no shame

 

Is there a fair sickness policy where your wife works?

 

I don't honestly know as she only joined them a little over a month ago. It was only approaching her 3rd week when she was admitted.

Given the sector, I'd expect benefits to be good, though she has joined at a senior level.

 

I ******* hate Bradford factor score!!!! Not because I’m always absent (far from it, I’ve had a handful of days off in 16 years) but it puts the fear of god in me. 3 instances of absence in 12 months and you can be out on your ear. Stupid thing is, one day off counts equal to one month or more off. If you have Monday off, feel a bit better Tuesday and go in and then have Wednesday off because it turns out you weren’t better, that counts as 2 occasions and you’d better not be ill again for a year. You could have had all week off though and it would only count as once.