Remember in school, when one kid would get sick and then infect everyone else? Remember how much that sucked? Well, unfortunately, the same thing applies to many of today’s workplaces. In fact, this actually happened to me at the end of last week (prompting this article). One of my co-workers who I work with on a daily basis came into work sick (and contagious), and proceeded to get me sick. The end result was that I had to take Friday off, which was not as fun as it sounds. This happens more than you might think, and I think there are a number of reasons for it.

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