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February 26, 2007
HiWired ain't afraid of no Whoop
If you are a customer who I've served in the past week you could not help but notice a rather nasty cough that has been bothering me for a while. Back in Jan it was primarily in the morning before I came to work but all this month is has been rather horrible and I've had to beg the pardon of customers I'm working with. It turns out that I in fact have Whooping Cough and the nature of the disease when not discovered at once (everyone thought it was Pneumonia) can't really be cured. It has to be endured until it passes. That unfortunately can take from 30-100 days or more.
Now since this is contagious and the cough is nasty at almost any other job I would be deep into or finished with my sick time and eating up vacation time.
Lucky for me at HiWired I am able to Telecommute (see our podcast under the same name)I can still work and not either infect the company or burn up every sick day I have. This is a win win win.
It's a win for the company because I am able to work.It's a win for me because since I'm able to function in between attacks I can do something instead of waiting to start coughing.
It's a win for the customers as another experienced tech is available to help as needed.
All of this is because of this modern world that we live in. Are we lucky or what?
Posted by Peter at February 26, 2007 10:41 AM