Comments on: Sick Days 2.0: 6 tips to handle illness in Web 2.0 world http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sanjay Kumar http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59488 Thu, 24 May 2007 22:53:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59488 Here’s one: automate your work flow. If you’re sick, make sure things can go on without you personally attending to them. For invoicing your clients, use the forthcoming auto-billing feature in SimplifyThis.com.

]]> By: One-Man Band: How to Be Sick http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59487 Thu, 24 May 2007 08:51:09 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59487 [...] interesting post at Web Worker Daily on how web-based workers can manage downtime due to illness, with suggestions on copying from wise to [...]

]]> By: Evsion Lab » Sick Days 2.0: 6 tips to handle illness in Web 2.0 world http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59486 Thu, 24 May 2007 04:59:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59486 [...] You might even discover that the world doesn’t come to an end if you slow down for a day. [ Via WebWorkerDaily [...]

]]> By: bluurb http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59485 Wed, 23 May 2007 11:14:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59485 Unfortunately our 24/7 culture doesn’t like you being ill and if you don’t just stop and actually take a day off sick (no phone, no email, no IM), it only puts off the inevitable when you grind to a halt. Being ill is your body telling you to take it easy. And if you are really ill rather than a sniffle, go dark for a while… life doesn’t stop when you duck out for a day or two.

]]> By: raincoaster http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59484 Wed, 23 May 2007 08:19:32 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59484 This is a rather shockingly wise post assuming that you reserve the option of taking a day OFF, as Mike said. That’s why freelancers should charge a minimum of 30% over corporate rate: to pay for the benefits, including sick time.

]]> By: Mike http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59483 Tue, 22 May 2007 19:14:06 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59483 Here’s an original idea – stay in bed, do nothing and — get well!
It’s okay to do nothing – really.

]]> By: GigaOM » What's on GigaNET http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59482 Tue, 22 May 2007 18:58:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59482 [...] Sick Days 2.0: Six tips for handling illness in a web 2.0 world: Continue reading. [...]

]]> By: Charlie http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59481 Tue, 22 May 2007 18:05:32 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59481 Yes! I like the part about staying out of the local cyber (or other) cafe when ill. I don’t need to breath the sick germs. It’s just a good idea to stay home and heal rather than play hero and spread whateveritis all over the place. Relax. Get well. Then, work at 100%.

]]> By: rick gregory http://gigaom.com/collaboration/sick-days-20/#comment-59480 Tue, 22 May 2007 17:43:21 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/22/sick-days-20/#comment-59480 “This can pose a problem: entrepreneurial web workers don’t have paid sick days to fall back on, and many of us have psychological problems with the notion of taking a day off for any reason.”

I get this, but it seems perverse to me to choose a lifestyle with extra flexibility (presuming you’re a webworker who freelances or runs their own business) and then not to take advantage of that.

This is where acting like a business person vs a workaholic is key – budget for vacation and sick days. Set your rates so that you can be comfortable with your income assuming some vacation, sick time and reasonable billable hours (don’t assume 50 billable per week). Take the vacation… and if you’re really sick… take care of yourself and get back to 100% that much faster.

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