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People are in fear of getting sacked for having a day off with a cold, so they turn up to work coughing and spluttering all over their associates.

Managers tell people to harden the feck up, Psychopath Managers but managers no doubt.

People are dying because it's just a cold, what world is it that we live in which values a few days of work ahead of a lifetime of health?

Obviously something close to you has happened.

My daughter is a nurse and if she calls into work sick on a night shift she gets crucified as there are usually no replacements....she was told she has to plan to be sick??

Yes, I have an account of an employee at a school being intimidated for taking time off with a cold, retrospectively it turns out it was just a cold, but at the time doctors thought to play it safe stay away from "The School".

It seems reasonable, but not to the psychopaths in charge, a cold is not a good enough excuse and they made it known.

Now it turns out that a 3rd party, who was blamed for initially bringing the cold virus into the school, has been diagnosed with full blown influenza and is in hospital. A school for feck sake, how many could be affected?

A person who sat on the train or bus next to someone, shared a table or seat at a cafe, tuck shop or school cafeteria, or preceded them into a cab or Uber? This person who was too intimidated to stay home when they were ill, because they felt insecure in their job, now they are in hospital having exposed an untold number of individuals including children to Influenza!

And forking hospitals should know better, she is obviously working for Typhoid Mary who never misses a day of work!

The Typhoid Mary's(ward head admins) work day shifts and hide in the office...all they do is read all the handover notes and try and save money on staff....

Agree...as an employee you cant win.....stay home because you are sick and you are a bludger, come to work sick and you are irresponsible
for putting your workmates at risk....
My daughter is a nurse and if she calls into work sick on a night shift she gets crucified as there are usually no replacements....she was told she has to plan to be sick??

It's a dead set disgrace EB. I feel for your daughter. A 1st world country with such a lousy public hospital system. Successive governments of all persuasions need to be held to account.

Paul..Good thing is most of the nursing staff are committed to the job, each other and work as a team and provide the best care despite the system.....
Aus nurses are in demand due to their training and abilities, sick or not they usually dont let the patients down, problem is there is a high cost to pay with their mental health
and issues with addictions etc...

EB, my mother is 86 and has been in hospital a few times over the last couple of years. The nurses do a great job, but the strain they are under is obvious. And as I said earlier, it's a disgrace that our hospitals and health system in general have their funding slashed year after year. No excuse for such a thing in the supposed "lucky country."

And I bet the Health system give very little support to those nurses who need help with their issues.