"Every office has that coworker that turns up to a meeting coughing and sniffling while proudly proclaiming they have never once taken a sick day in their career. (If there isn't one, maybe it's you.) But as one viral TikTok makes clear, those attitudes towards taking sick days may be changing-just as sick days themselves are changing, as some think being sick isn't a real excuse to not work in the WFH era."
"Others have even offered scripts for how to successfully call in sick without guilt or fear. "Take your sick days. Those days are for you and they're not just for when you're sick," one TikTok creator advised. "They're for when you just want a day to lay down all day and watch movies and eat food. You can do that. They're for when you're feeling a little bit off and you just don't want to deal with it today.""
A viral TikTok skit portrays a coworker who arrives coughing and sniffling while boasting about never taking a sick day, drawing millions of views. A Talker Research survey of 2,000 US adults found that 31% no longer see 'powering through' illness as a badge of honor and would rather coworkers stay home when ill. Commenters expressed anger at colleagues who risk infecting others and shared scripts for calling in sick without guilt. Some creators advised using sick days for rest, minor illness, or mental-health breaks, reflecting shifting norms around workplace health.
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