trixierebecca
MIS
I've had allergies on and off for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I wake up sneezing, and it goes away after a while. It's not something I worry much about, and I don't let it stop me from living my life.
Until today, it has never been a problem. I have been on this contract since December. In all my years of working, nothing like this has ever happened. I am 41 years old now. After about 45 minutes at the office, I get this e-mail from my supervisor:
Subject: I hear you are sick. Do me a favor.
Body: Take home some reading and your laptop to work from home until you are better.
My response: My nose was a little runny this morning. It has cleared up though.
His next message: Great. Go home, use your laptop today, and come in tomorrow.
I got up and went home. I was not happy. I had things that needed to be done there. I have not taken this laptop home in many months and generally lock it up every night. I have not designed my space at home for working from home. And I am not interested in working over a slow VPN connection. Bottom line, my productivity was seriously harmed by this. I don't like "working from home."
What should I do to make sure this does not happen again? I have went into my workplaces much worse on many, many occasions in my lifetime. I have worked with walking pneumonia and bad laryngitis. I once worked after getting a flu shot and was sneezing all day constantly. I still get my job done.
Once I left, I also went about eight hours before sneezing again.
Until today, it has never been a problem. I have been on this contract since December. In all my years of working, nothing like this has ever happened. I am 41 years old now. After about 45 minutes at the office, I get this e-mail from my supervisor:
Subject: I hear you are sick. Do me a favor.
Body: Take home some reading and your laptop to work from home until you are better.
My response: My nose was a little runny this morning. It has cleared up though.
His next message: Great. Go home, use your laptop today, and come in tomorrow.
I got up and went home. I was not happy. I had things that needed to be done there. I have not taken this laptop home in many months and generally lock it up every night. I have not designed my space at home for working from home. And I am not interested in working over a slow VPN connection. Bottom line, my productivity was seriously harmed by this. I don't like "working from home."
What should I do to make sure this does not happen again? I have went into my workplaces much worse on many, many occasions in my lifetime. I have worked with walking pneumonia and bad laryngitis. I once worked after getting a flu shot and was sneezing all day constantly. I still get my job done.
Once I left, I also went about eight hours before sneezing again.