๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
I was about 23 or 24.
It wasnโt a serious crash โ thank God โ but serious enough that my neck hurt and my nerves were shot.
Still, I got up.
Got dressed.
And went to work.
Because thatโs what we were raised to do.
Unless it was catastrophic โ you showed up.
Iโll never forget what happened next.
My line manager looked at me and said:
โYou need to go home. Youโve been in a car accident.โ
I said no.
They said,
โYouโre not staying.โ
And Iโll forever respect them for that.
Back then, calling in sick wasnโt even a thought unless your body ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ.
We normalised โpushing throughโ โ
To the point that even a crash didnโt feel like enough of a reason to rest.
But hereโs the shift Iโve seen in todayโs workforce:
People are calling in sick for things we didnโt even used to talk about;โณ Burnout.
โณ Anxiety.
โณ Overstimulation.
โณ Mental fatigue.
And itโs easy to look at that and say:โณ โTheyโre soft.โ
โณ โTheyโre not built like we were.โ
โณ โTheyโll never survive in the real world.โ
But the reality is:Itโs not always the employee.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
If employees feel they have to lie about being sickโฆ
Or exaggerate their reasons for absence just to be taken seriouslyโฆ
Something is broken.
People arenโt always faking being sick.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น.
๐๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐.
So no one feels like they have to hide behind excuses.
And no one feels like they have to turn up the day after a car crash.
Thatโs where we come in.
We work directly with employers to deal with real people problems โ not just policy.
Sickness, burnout, absence, performance โ all of it.
Weโre strategic, hands-on, and human.
Itโs an all-inclusive HR department โ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ.
Don't be anything less than human when dealing with humans.
