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Sick days exist for a reason. Some bosses learn that just a weeee bit too late.

One employee asks to work remotely.

The answer is a hard no.

So he brings the illness in.

Boss said no working from home, so I came in sick as requested.

Last week I woke up feeling awful fever, cough, the whole thing.

I messaged my boss to ask if I could work from home so I wouldn’t get anyone sick.

He replied, “No exceptions. If you’re well enough to work, you’re well enough to be here.”

The boss realized their error in judgement.

So I dragged myself in, coughing and sniffling the whole time.

The look on his face when I walked through the door was priceless.

By the end of the day, he told me to go home and said I could work remotely after all.

Funny how that works.

Staying home when you’re sick is the smart thing to do to prevent anyone else from getting sick. Even if you feel well enough to work, it’s better to stay home. This boss learned that lesson the hard way.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

There’s no prize for going to work sick.

This person wonders why the employee didn’t just take a sick day.

Here’s the European perspective.

We Americans can tend to be workaholics.

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This person thinks the employee is the one who was stupid.

His boss refused remote work and insisted that being healthy enough to work meant being healthy enough to come in.

After one day of coughing and sniffling around the office, the boss suddenly approved working from home.

Funny how fast remote work becomes possible when the germs arrive in person.