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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I get it.  My husband and I are both teleworking, but [b]neither of us can "call out sick" in any realistic way unless we legit get COVID 19.[/b]  Our employers (and coworkers, and supervisors, and direct reports, etc.) all need things from us and we have so much work to get done.  Plus we know we're not the only ones struggling so we're not about to dump the work on other people.  And we can't exactly call in sick for 8 weeks!!

But we have two young kids at home and IT IS SO HARD.  I'm exhausted, and it's only week 1.  I don't have any advice.  Just commiseration.  [/quote]

This is such BS. If you had the flu, if you broke your arm, if your kid was ill, you would call out for a day or more and your work would be fine. If you died, your work would figure it out. A lot of people here are addicted to the feeling of busyness. The universe is giving you an unprecedented opportunity to slow down and you won't take it.

I have a job, I manage people, I have deliverables. They can wait a few hours each day, or a day or two. They can call me if I'm offline and they desperately need an answer.  It's ok to put myself first. [/quote]

This x1000. The only thing worse than SAHMartyrs is WOHMartyrs. Yes, the world can survive if you take a day off. You may think the company would go bankrupt without you, but they’re resilient, I promise.[/quote]

Do you think all working moms are just easily replaceable drones? I am the only person at my company who does what I do, which happens to be in high demand at this particular time given what is going on. I don’t have an inflated sense of self-importance, it’s just the truth. So stop pretending like your job or your friend’s job is like all other jobs out there. I actively try not to be a martyr, but I’m pretty sure if I told my boss I just wasn’t going to take some sick leave when I don’t actually have the coronavirus (I assume), then I’ll get fired or, at best, burn some major bridges. [/quote]

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