Image copyright Don Barletti/The Los Angeles Times
I originally read this article on the LA Times' website, that I've conveniently linked up there, but it's been a topic that I've been debating with myself over for a couple of weeks now. The very reason I started this blog was because I called in some sick time and had a lot of free time on my hands, just getting better. Earlier this year, I wouldn't have been able to say the same thing. Calling in sick is something that a lot of people who get paid to do it take for granted. The image above is of a woman named Glynndana Shevlin who's been working at the Disneyland Hotel for 21 years. Now, if you click that link you'll be taken to the landing page for the Disneyland Hotel chock-full of overly adorable music and a sense of being in a Disney movie yourself. What they don't let on is that Disney is probably one of the least favorable places to work for. See, Glynndana is a unionized employee with Disneyland that doesn't have paid sick days. A product of a bad economy and a company infamous for saving every penny, paid sick days seems to be a luxury only afforded to the upper echelons of Disney's workforce that work a few blocks down Harbor Blvd. in the corporate offices.
