Originally Posted by
noctim2
I wonder why everyone on online forums seems to be an ultra-brutal capitalist hardliner when it comes to supposed obligations and payments. The same goes for many "disruptive" disasters in the last decade or two, like Covid, immigration, and other things that trigger the more right-leaning folks. Eat or die is an extremely crass and heartless position.
I don't know how it works in the U.S., but in Germany, if something really bad happens to you, you can leave work for a few days until you feel better, or you can use the time to take care of some things, like funerals, hospitalizations, or taking care of people who have had big problems.
The company still pays me and sometimes you even get further support. For example, I was once in a clinic for 10 weeks and my bosses helped me a lot afterwards. They didn't stop "caring" or "paying" for me, the day I left.
So it's not wrong to let your inner "Karen" rest for a few days when you see that serious problems are obviously being tackled. A little empathy for the employees is not wrong. Everything else is highly selfish, entitled and cold.
It's a give and take. Maybe in your country, across the pond, the working conditions are just as sick and brutal that you are not allowed any time to organize or recover. I find that toxic and inhumane. In this case, I wouldn't be surprised if you also put others on a hard leash and think that this is normal. But it is not.