Comments on: Sick days, flexible work, and the law of unintended consequences

By: Dan Goyeneche

Dan Goyeneche — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:09:59 +0000

I totally agree w/ the work-from-home idea, unfortunately those who are not responsible w/ their paid time off ruin it for the rest of us good folks.
Don’t mind me, I’m just jaded b/c I want to work from home everyday, or a ROWE

By: Chris Ferdinandi

Chris Ferdinandi — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:38:06 +0000

@Dan – I actually think PTO exacerbates the problem. I think PTO would work a lot more effectively, though, with a solid work-from-home-when-sick-but-not-deathly-ill policy.

By: Dan Goyeneche

Dan Goyeneche — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:26:43 +0000

Chris you nailed it!
My company designates sick time/personal time/ vacation, and I hate it!!
I still end up coming into work when I don’t feel good, or I work from home – not using my allocated sick time. If everyone could do that, and manage it responsibly, I think the idea of a PTO bank would go over much smoother. Then I’d have more time off to use for fun stuff.