I thought workplaces were notifying employees of someone was infected. I just found out several people in my department are out for quarantine and no one notified any employees that we might be at risk. Is this okay?
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No people are calling in because they were in a room with someone that was sick and tested, though not necessarily had the virus. Then the employee can’t come to work again until the test comes back negative... if it’s positive then they have to take off just in case. People are having to wait 72 hours if they have a fever, regardless if they have the virus. So what you are seeing is the company being extra cautious as well as employees abusing this caution so they can get out of work. Very few if any actually have the virus... that’s why you don’t hear about it.
They’re not telling anyone. Even if you worked with someone who was infected, they won’t tell you because they need your labor. They don’t want people to get scared and quit when they realize every single cashier/manager up front will become infected, if not already