Stay home: Hyderabad techie shares sick day hack, internet slams him

Hyderabad: A techie from Hyderabad faced massive backlash online after he shared a 'smart' sick day hack. Netizens were unimpressed. They called out the man for promoting an unhealthy and toxic work culture online. 

In a LinkedIn post, a techie stated that he felt he was going to get sick and wrapped up work early to go home and rest. He claimed that by doing it, he was able to save time and get to work the following day just 2 hours late. "Saved 5 hours just by acting smart. The day I felt something off, like a fever was on the way, I didn’t wait for it to hit hard. I wrapped up an hour early and went home. That night? Full-blown fever,” said the techie. 

He added, "But because I gave myself that buffer, I rested for 10–11 hours straight, and guess what? Next morning, I was back at work just 2 hours later instead of wasting an entire sick day." Further, he spoke of the importance of listening to one's body.  "Time is precious. Your health is too,” wrote the techie. 

The post, which was reshared on Reddit, did not sit well with many people online. They claimed that the techie's approach was not right, as the infection could still be in his body. One netizen told the techie that he should have just stayed home and rested till he was perfectly okay to get back to the office. 

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"This is a weird flex! This kind of math only makes sense if you’re an hourly employee," said one on Reddit. Another stated, "Fever generally means 'infectious', stay the fuck home, I ain't eating downtime because you can't be bothered to take an actual sick day." A third person opined, "Dude is still contagious and should have stayed home." 

Meanwhile, there were a few who agreed with him partially. One wrote, "Honestly, I'm on board with the concept. He's advocating leaving work early if you think you're starting to feel bad instead of staying and working through it. I can go on board with that (sic)."