Originally Posted by
lil brown bat
In situations like that, I stay home. So does everyone else at my workplace, because my company isn't run by a bunch of pigs who insist on workers commuting in dangerous conditions. We also have a setup where everyone can telecommute at need and does telecommute frequently, so it's not a big deal, but we have a standing rule of "If you think it's too dangerous to come in to work, stay at home." Frankly, it's a no-brainer to me, and I don't understand why any company would expect otherwise.
If the option were there to telecommute, I would. Unfortunately, the nature of my work is non-transportable. OK, I
could bring my work home with me, but it's generally considered a bad idea to remove BSL-2 & 3 pathogens from the lab. That's the unfortunate reality with biologicals manufacturing; cells and viruses don't care if it's snowing, icing, etc. They just keep growing and someone has to come in and tend to them.
Originally Posted by
dwilbur3
+1
A little less psychotic American work ethic would do us all good. (I just love it when my "hard working" coworkers come to work with the flu. Thanks for sharing guys!)
One great thing about working around biologicals; we get to send people home if they're sick. Can't risk infecting the cultures.