I manage 10 guys in a control room, and I by far miss work the least amount (1 day every 2.5 years or so).
I woke up at 0530 on 1/31 to work out (normally get up at 0430 but today was a light cardio day) and currently covering the night guys shift pushing 21 hours straight up. The guy who called out sick: eats carnival corn dogs and pizza/burgers all the time, doesn't work out at all, and not surprisingly is sick often. The obese guy who works for me...16 sick calls since May 2018.
So not only do I feel us healthy people that get off our ass to work out or avoid crappy food have to pick up the slack for the people with no discipline, but of course we have to shoulder the higher costs of healthcare for their bad decisions. I swear, fatty should have a higher premium at work and HR should grow balls and allow us to doc pay for excessive sick calls (they strategically avoid enough consecutive days to avoid FMLA).
Rant over
I woke up at 0530 on 1/31 to work out (normally get up at 0430 but today was a light cardio day) and currently covering the night guys shift pushing 21 hours straight up. The guy who called out sick: eats carnival corn dogs and pizza/burgers all the time, doesn't work out at all, and not surprisingly is sick often. The obese guy who works for me...16 sick calls since May 2018.
So not only do I feel us healthy people that get off our ass to work out or avoid crappy food have to pick up the slack for the people with no discipline, but of course we have to shoulder the higher costs of healthcare for their bad decisions. I swear, fatty should have a higher premium at work and HR should grow balls and allow us to doc pay for excessive sick calls (they strategically avoid enough consecutive days to avoid FMLA).
Rant over