It's a government thing, my workplace had no say in the matter as long as my GP said I needed it.
It sounds like you could benefit from a completely different environment. If you can't find any joy working in your chosen field, it might be time to explore a completely different field. Many people have switched careers because of this.
I felt extremely guilty having to use it myself and beat myself up for it so much early on, but in the end it was the right thing to do.
> If you can't find any joy working in your chosen field, it might be time to explore a completely different field. Many people have switched careers because of this.
I agree.
Some of the commenters on here should hang their heads in shame.
Taking humanity out of the equation, sick leave makes economic sense as it allows people to recuperate and get back to work, rather than having to find a permanent replacement.
However, it sounds like you are still sick, and therefore you should go back on sick leave. Both to protect your income and your health. Don’t make a martyr out of yourself, it won’t serve any purpose.
As you haven’t really mentioned specifics (that I have seen yet), it seems that the working environment did this to you, so the company does have a responsibility to you. As such, I wouldn’t feel guilty at all about continuing to draw a salary from them while getting better for the damage they caused.
...you mean like... theirs? Same energy as someone who screams about paying a teachers salary with their taxes - teachers pay taxes too dog.
Workers "pay" for it by having on average a bit lower wages in said country, then they could have had otherwise.
It's just like any other country wide or industry wide constraint companies can do little about avoiding, and have to price in somehow somewhere or not operate at all.
Generosity is a weird concept to apply for mandated things.
What a guilt trip; you should be ashamed of yourself (and, frankly, you should probably also keep your US-centric thinking, which is entirely divorced from the rest of the civilized world on such matters, to yourself).
The shame.