I woke up with a fever on Monday.I called HR to say I needed sick leave. She said, \u201cFirst, you need to find someone to cover you! Your job is your duty!\u201dI told her that I\u2019m too sick for that. She replied, \u201cLeave denied.\u201dI laughed, \u201cYou win!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30 minutes later, she calls me back in panic. That\u2019s because I\u2019d sent everyone in the office an email.
It said, \u201cAdvice to all my colleagues: don\u2019t you dare get sick, because our company forgot it hired humans!\u201dI even attached a photo of myself in bed with a fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flustered, HR asked me to send an apology and retract the email. The company board had seen it and was terrified it might go viral and hurt their image. They even offered me 3 days of paid leave to \u201crecover.\u201dI stood my ground and said I\u2019d done nothing wrong. I was reacting to what she told me, which was clearly outrageous.Now I\u2019m wondering if I went too far. I wanted this to be a clear lesson, so management understands our rights shouldn\u2019t be ignored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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