Notifying Absence During Infection Season

This year, the flu season started earlier than usual,
and in our house, my two daughters
caught it before they could get vaccinated.

Kindergartens, nursery schools, schools, trains—
the longer you spend in places with many people,
the higher the chance of catching it.

My daughter was no exception; the classic pattern of a school friend feeling unwell followed by
her own symptoms appearing?

And then from the younger daughter to the older one,
it flows seamlessly into the common pattern of
in-home transmission.😌

Now, depending on your position,
what makes you anxious is notifying them of the absence.

Corgi-san also wrote an article about this the other day👇

It's true that when you have to call in a sudden absence,
whether it's for yourself or a family member, your energy is low,
so you end up feeling more apologetic
and drained than usual.

I think that happens too.🤔

Fortunately—if you can call it that—
I happen to be on the receiving end
of those absence notifications.

So, I thought I'd briefly write about
what I actually think as the person receiving them.📝

First, the conclusion is,
“Just let me know without worrying about it.”
That’s it.

Sudden notifications are to be expected.
After all,
“I’m going to catch a cold tomorrow and feel sick,”
there’s no way to know that, is there?😆

……Well,
there are some people who,after eating too much at lunch,
might say, “I might be absent tomorrow with a stomachache.”
🤣

As long as you are alive, staying healthy your entire life is
something to envy, but it is impossible to achieve.

If you are in crowded places,
or if you have a large family,
the probability of infection goes up and up.

In the first place, there is no one who actually wants to catch a cold...
except maybe an elementary school student trying hard to catch a cold
because they don't want to take a test the next day?
Basically, no one wants that!

Therefore, colds and injuries are unforeseen accidents.
I will worry about you, but I will not blame you😌

Though, if you get so drunk you lose consciousness
and catch a cold from sleeping in a shrub,
or if you get so drunk you lose consciousness
and break a bone from falling down the stairs,
I will worry about you in a different sense, mind you😤!

These are actual examples.
There are more opportunities to drink during the year-end and New Year holidays,
so everyone please be careful😉

Setting that aside,
while there are exceptions like workplaces with only one person on duty or plans that are hard to miss,
basically, we can all help each other out.

Helping each other to ensure the survival of the organization
is the benefit of being a worker in a group, isn't it?

Therefore, we can share the burden of the time off little by little,
and if possible, we can also postpone things.

If there is absolutely no other way,
shall I increase my own working hours?😆

Managing and supervising includes making those kinds of decisions.

Oh, but you know.
Whether that time off will be treated as an unpaid absence or paid leave,
and if possible, when you plan to return,
if it looks like it might be prolonged, even just letting me know the possibility
would make me super happy.

Especially near the payroll cutoff date 💰

Checking the timesheets until the end of the month~
Checking for and correcting any errors~

[Right here!]

Checking the payroll calculation results~
And processing the bank transfers~

[Right here]is where I want to make the final confirmation
of whether it's an unpaid absence or paid leave!!

Communication methods vary
depending on the workplace,
but personally,
I'd be happy if I could visually confirm it during the check.

So, rather than a phone call,
email, LINE,
or even Slack or Cybozu,

anything is fine, so I'd prefer it in writing.
That's how I feel, Yoshihiro.

I thought I could write this more concisely,
but I ended up writing quite a bit 😆

That's how it is for today ✨