Supposed to be 2-way...

This topic has been bouncing around in my head for a few days now. It has taken me this long to post it because I have also been suffering from the flu, which was also the inspiration for this topic.

Specifically, while ill I considered calling in sick to work. Yet my current employer places less value on the health and well-being of it's employees, and more value on having people to man the phones. I say this because staying out sick counts as an official "occurrence", meaning I can get fired for it, despite being ill myself and contagious to others. So, I went to work anyway, light-headed, running a fever, etc.

And this is not the first employer I have seen this type of attitude from. It seems that the larger the company, the less loyalty and regard they have for their employees. Yet, those same companies punish displays of "disloyalty", like attempts to unionize, seeking other employment, etc. Even saying something negative about the employer can result in summary termination. So, these companies want absolute, blind loyalty, yet give absolutely none in return.

And nobody complains about this? Right now, I'm wondering what the Health Dept. might have to say about the company requiring employees to come in feverish and contagious, or risk firing...