Should we be able to “call in unhappy” at work? | The Social

One supermarket chain in China will allow its staff to take up to 10 “unhappy days”.

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[jboudie]

Cynthia is always the empathetic yet realistic voice of reason 🙌

[DeStresswithDee]

Thamk you for sharing my message for the last 6 years Cynthia ❤ Chronic Stress is killing people and our society doesn't support us to pause for peace. 10 days for blah days is a great idea. Are you esting too much or too little? Drinking too much? Sleeping too much or too little? Triggered and losing temper too much? Distracting your depression with addictions, screens, shopping, dating sites, then you are stressed and your body needs your presence. Time to protect your pesce🙏
I can hear the strength in your voice Cynthia ❤ Love seeing you back and stronger than before.🥰

[RoseRedd-kb]

I have called in unhappy to work. Where I work sucks and I get bullied and management does nothing about it, so why am I coming in? Seems like a waste of time.

[ttest]

A great debate. I appreciate the different views

[Mideline_]

I dunno how I feel about someone saying, "No, no-- I'll just finish my point..." when they tend talk over everybody. Obviously it can happen from time to time, but sometimes it's a bit much.

[MajesticMyronn]

Considering we had an example of that with Cynthia getting time off to just regroup… sometimes it’s necessary! Not everything is a way out, not everything is a cop out or done to take advantage! That’s the problem with North American culture the fake it til you make it attitude doesn’t work for everybody and can be more detrimental than you think

[baublesanddolls]

Unhappy sounds more ridiculous than a mental health day. Just call in sick!

[toothfairy]

👏🏼 Andrea! Incorporate the unhappy day into your allotted sick days. At this rate, it seems we will have no workforce because people will feel too unhappy to work. Good grief!

[syameenapillai]

Luckily Andrea is the voice of reason as usual!

[GiGi-lgdl]

Bereavement is different than unhappy. We have to consider coworkers who have to cover, and there definitely are ppl who will use them all up just for a long weekend

[kareneacott]

Call it a self care day. Cultural shift

[rayneboone]

Become your own boss and you can then take as many days off as you need. There is so much freedom when you're self-employed-