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author | Vincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in> | 2020-06-26T19·25+0100 |
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committer | tazjin <mail@tazj.in> | 2020-06-26T19·33+0000 |
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chore(tazjin): Move //web/blog & //web/homepage to my userdir r/1087
Change-Id: I96a2620ffb1d9e98a1d8ce7d97f2c4f58c2dbfd3 Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/603 Reviewed-by: tazjin <mail@tazj.in>
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diff --git a/users/tazjin/blog/posts/sick-in-sweden.md b/users/tazjin/blog/posts/sick-in-sweden.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0c43c5832d73 --- /dev/null +++ b/users/tazjin/blog/posts/sick-in-sweden.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +I\'ve been sick more in the two years in Sweden than in the ten years +before that. + +Why? I have a theory about it and after briefly discussing it with one +of my roommates (who is experiencing the same thing) I\'d like to share +it with you: + +Normally when people get sick, are coughing, have a fever and so on they +take a few days off from work and stay at home. The reasons are twofold: +You want to rest a bit in order to get rid of the disease and you want +to *avoid infecting your co-workers*. + +In Sweden people will drag themselves into work anyways, because of a +concept called the +[karensdag](https://www.forsakringskassan.se/wps/portal/sjukvard/sjukskrivning_och_sjukpenning/karensdag_och_forstadagsintyg). +The TL;DR of this is \'if you take days off sick you won\'t get paid for +the first day, and only 80% of your salary on the remaining days\'. + +Many people are not willing to take that financial hit. In combination +with Sweden\'s rather mediocre healthcare system you end up constantly +being surrounded by sick people, not just in your own office but also on +public transport and basically all other public places. + +Oh and the best thing about this? Swedish politicians [often ignore +this](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10506886.ab) rule and +just don\'t report their sick days. Nice. |