"Gen Z has a different way of thinking and communicating," explained Rue Dooley, HR knowledge advisor at the Society for Human Resource Management. "Younger workers are behaving in such a way that it is an entitlement: 'I should get time off when I need it without having to get special permission or feeling judged or condemned.'"
The fragile job market could thwart this relatively new mentality. Employees may be less willing to call in sick in order to stay off the chopping block.
The flexibility of hybrid work may encourage looser boundaries of what qualifies as too sick to log on. This can spell lesser productivity overall, an issue which, despite taking more sick days, U.S. workers have not slacked in.
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