Yes, that is exactly the problem with long COVID. Reduced production and profits. Not that people are genuinely suffering. No, no. The money. Yes that's it.
Devil's advocate: telling the side of the story that scares CEOs drives change.
Wages not being earned hurts families who depend on them
I think this is an important angle for bosses, investors, and legislators to digest. If they were made to understand the impact on profits and economy, they might not be so eager to push employees into work conditions that spread the disease.
Yeah. It’s the sort of article which will be incredibly useful for advocacy. Because Long COVID research doesn’t receive much funding and the incoming administration has said and I quote “we plan to dismantle to long COVID medical industrial complex” (ie. stop investing in long COVID research)
You know what else hurts profits and productivity? The lack of socialized medicine. Great for the middle man, but not much else.
I believe it. I'm lucky to have been working remotely and able to kinda-sorta keep working (at least enough not to raise suspicions or get fired or anything) once the worst of my long COVID exhausted all my sick days.
I worked flat on my back with my laptop resting on my belly for months and I could barely manage that. So much as tenting my knees would worsen my symptoms which included things like chest pain, heart racing, vision changes, dizziness, light headedness, and lots of other unpleasant and scary things.
Also, if you're one of those assholes who nags folks to turn on their cameras on Zoom meetings, fuck you and the smug fucks from whom you inherited congenital self-righteousness. You have no fucking clue. "Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication." I'd love to, , but I don't think I can get my head that far up your ass with your head blocking it.
(Unless you're required to nag folks to turn on their cameras by your employer, in which case, fuck them and... well, try to go as easy on people about that as you can within your limited sphere of power.)
Am required to. I hate being on camera too.
I find it so distracting, and I dont know why. I literally can't concentrate on anything with it on. It just makes me nervous.
Same. I know exactly how you feel
It's literally a thing afaik it's because you feel like you need to be "on', extremely draining, I sparingly have mine on for that reason. Text and voice have always been good for me, I honestly don't see the benefit to having cameras too, I'm paying attention to what we're discussing, not you.
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