Robin Schooling

Sick‑day Paperwork Reveals Employer Distrust Built by Hustle Culture

Somewhere right now, an employee is sitting in an urgent care waiting room - not because they need urgent care, but because their company needs a piece of paper. That paper, costing them a co-pay and half the morning, will confirm nothing useful. But it will tell them, clearly, exactly how much their employer trusts them. And you know what? We didn't arrive at our weird, suspicious relationship with sick days by accident. We built it - through decades of rewarding overwork, mythologizing hustle, and penalizing rest. New post. https://t.co/wyQ4i3Jhgr