Has working from home put the sick day on its death bed

Has working from home put the sick day on its death bedHas working from home put the sick day on its death bedWith more employees than ever able to work remotely and the American work ethic as misguided and fear-based as ever calling in sick in todays digital world often means calling in sick, but assuring your boss youll still be working from home, the New York Times reports.While its good that people arent tromping into the amtsstube while ill, infecting those around them (1 in 4 workers would need to be in the hospital in order to call out sick, according to research) theres something to be said for taking an actual, resting sick day instead of maintaining productivity from home while feeling unwell.Even Supreme Court Justices do it, like what Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently did, whenshe was absentfrom the Supreme Court to hear arguments in a case while she recuperated from cancer surgery. She would participate from home, Chief Justice John Roberts said.Employees are often too af raid of falling behind to stop working completely. Others are afraid of the message calling in sick, then doing nothing all day, might send.Will it be seen as a sign of a lack of loyalty or tenacity? Kit Warchol, the head of content marketing forSkillcrush, told the Times. Her company doesnt offer sick days per se, but rather depends on employees to responsibly manage their time and communicate with coworkers if they cant work because of illness or other circumstances. Sounds like a set-up that can easily devolve into round-the-clock work.Now, apparently, workplaces arent as full of coughing workers afraid to take a sick day, and its a good next step that theyre contained safely at home. If they would stop working.