Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

You should not come to work if you are sick. 

Let that sink in for a few seconds.

When you are feeling under the weather, you have a responsibility to minimize your social interactions as much as possible. You are not doing anyone a favor by going outside, especially not if you decide to go to work and hang out with your coworkers for 8 long hours. Obviously, if someone comes to work while they are sick, they will probably spread it to other people around the workplace. Once that happens, it is only a matter of time before every single person has to take a sick leave to recover from whatever it was that the first employee brought upon the place.

However, it seems like some people don't really get to choose whether or not they can come to work while feeling unwell. Some bosses would rather risk the entire workplace than manage without one employee for a few days. They will pull rank, demand, and even threaten to ensure their employees are there every day, no matter what they are feeling inside.

That is what happened in the workplace in the story below. It started when a few irresponsible employees showed up at work with the flu. They coughed their way through the office and easily shared their germs with the rest of the staff. When the janitor also caught it, it was game over, because there was no one to clean the place without them.

This led 59 out of 100 employees to call in sick.

When one of the last warehouse employees realized that they were also feeling under the weather, it was already too late. Their boss wouldn't let anyone else take any more days off, and overtime was mandated for everyone. He even told the employee that if they took a day off, they would be immediately fired. 

Now, even those who are sick are forced to come to work and stay there for 12-hour days. Instead of recovering in bed, they must work, and those who started it all get to spend their days at home, far away from this mess.