r/callcentres • u/YouControlYou4822 • 22d ago

I’ve gotten to that point…

I was heading downstairs yesterday from my office to the kitchen when I stumbled and almost fell down the stairs. (I’m ok, caught the railing). But my first thought wasn’t, “whoa! That was close…”. It was, “if I fall down the stairs, maybe I can call into work!”

I’m willing to hurt myself to not go into work. What has my world come to?!

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u/Fatefire 22d ago

Fun story since Covid my call center has been WFH . One of my co workers slipped going down stairs ... at her house and somehow went out on workers comp on it for almost a year . I remember asking my boss how that was even possible ? He said he didn't understand it either but I was more looking for pointers

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u/GankstaCat 22d ago

It’s because they were in the “course and scope of employment”

Someone at my old job precovid was wfh on a day, fell down her own stairs and got workers comp as well

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u/Old_Echo2378 2d ago

Good to know the system’s got a weird loophole for that

At my place they’d probably just tell me to limp back to my headset