ya know, the interesting statement that stood out to me was Durden's comment: The crisis is now coloured by issues such as the number of workers off sick – or more likely isolating at home with positive test results and minor symptoms.
As an employer for over 40 years of a small business attendance at work was always the most critical issue for me. UNless you were near dead, you were expected to show up and do what you could do knowing that getting something done was beter than getting NOTHING done and creating breaks in the production chains and lines..
There were stretches of years where I never was off except for vacation and I had several employees with perfect attendance for over a decade whom I rewarded generously and made them leaders in the plant. My plant superintendent missed one day of work in over 35 years and I had to run him out because he came in anyway..
Today, people look for reasons and excuses to stay home before deciding they really need to go to work. They can't see the ramifications of their actions because they only have "I, ME, MY" syndrome.
The true character of people is being exposed because most will use any little excuse they can to not have to actually show up to work or prefer to sirt on their arses at home while pretending to work. That seems to be the new wave which promotes a ton of laziness. There really are not many pople who are disciplined enough to actually work all day while at home.
So this bunch of "tetsing" for anything and everything is just iniviting all the cry babies and slackers to have another pity party and excuse to not show up to give those who employ them an honest days work. LAZINESS seems to be the new norm in America and it seems to be on a grander scale than that of a pandemic.
Is it generational? I don't know. Could be. Sure looks a lot like it.
I discriminated somewhat in my hiring practices because I looked for people who were over 40 years old and wanted a steady job all year round in an air conditioned building with clean floors and restrooms and a very casual atmosphere. That age group seemed to be the ones who showed up at the plant most frequently and had far fewer excuses as to why they could not make it..
Anyway, I just look at this whole mess with a different perspective than many and see it as people taking advantage of an illness in order to get paid for doing little to nothing. And the gubmint is helping to acheive that..
Work ethic? What work ethics? This whole thing has really shed some spot lights on an already and long running problem with far too many people who want tyo make a lot of money but do not want to put in the time or energy to make that happen.
ALl of course is just my viewpoint. Yours may vary. Mine is coming from the perspective an actual business employer with manufacturing plants who did this since the late 1970's. Stopped in 2015.
I think I have seen not all but maybe 98% .
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