Meanwhile, here in Denmark any manager I’ve ever had insists that I take sick day when I’m sick. Not for my sake, for the company.
And i have virtually unlimited sick days, I don’t loose any money or vacation days by taking sick leave.
Also, if the place is understaffed because just one person is on sick leave, that’s a management decision. Why would anyone who cares about you, be pissed at you for acting sick while being sick…
It went up BY 18%, not up TO 18%. This says nothing about how bad it is, only that it’s getting worse.
It went up TO 0.23%.
I live in Denmark, Europe. One Bic Mac meal is 9.39 USD incl taxes.
The minimum salary in McDonals is around 3500 USD per month for a standard 37 hr/week, including pension.
This is every month, not affected by holidays, sick leave, paid vacation… It comes with 5 or 6 weeks of paid vacation per year, and virtually unlimited sick leave.
Yeah, I also don’t understand why McDonald’s says they can’t raise salaries or improve working conditions, because it will make the price go up. So why is it expensive now?
(Yes, taxes are high here. But we also have a lot of stuff that is tax paid, that evens it out somewhat.)
This is one of the basic problems - mixing sick leave an vacation.
This thing where you have a certain number of sick days to spend, it often ends up as another kind of vacation. And then when you are out of sick leave, your vacation leave is just another kind of sick leave.
Here in Denmark, there’s virtually unlimited sick leave. If you’re sick, you take a leave with full pay. No “max 14 days of paid sick leave”. If you need to go to the doctor and you can’t do it outside working hours, it’s sick leave.
Then your vacation leave is for vacation. And sometimes errands, but with 25-30 days per year, there should be time for both.