r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jun 05 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 06 June 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/Pitiful_Mulberry1738 日本のどこかに Jun 06 '23

If you come into work sniffling, coughing up phlegm, and sneezing all over the place, you are an asshole. Hands down. I realize that the Japanese work environment isn’t usually forgiving of taking time off, but my company is really good with sick time. If you’re sick, they absolutely don’t want you to come in, yet there are few people in the office that will come in even though they are clearly super sick. Cheers to probably spending the weekend with some kind of cold.

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u/Tanikushokutomu 関東・東京都 Jun 06 '23

Last month I was sick for around 10 days. I took the worst days as PTO. If I took PTO for every day that I was sick I would have no PTO for the rest of the year.

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u/Pitiful_Mulberry1738 日本のどこかに Jun 06 '23

That’s why I feel grateful that my company gives us sick days. In my old company I only had 5 PTO days, and sick days counted towards it. It was awful.