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		blackoil on Aug 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: America’s Truckers, Cargo Pilots and Package Carri... > If you don’t get paid when you are sick, you are in essence being punished for being sick. On counter side, you'll be punished for not being sick.

dopidopHN on Aug 6, 2023 [–]

How? Because someone get an additional day off of the work while you don’t ?

It’s funny how I absolutely never thought about it that way. I guess scarcity of free time change perspective.

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