"Unlike older workers, who might have been loath to call in sick for fear of seeming weak or unreliable, younger workers feel more entitled to take full advantage of the benefits they've been given, executives and recruiters say. That confidence has only grown as record low unemployment persists". -- Wall Street Journal

The gall of some people!
Taking the sick days that are literally just another form of financial compensation that the company pays them in exchange for labor.

In fact, the article itself even reinforces this point by making multiple references to the financial burden that using your sick days *when you're sick* places on the poor companies, who are the real victims here
https://boingboing.net/2023/10/21/wall-street-journal-complains-about-workers-using-their-sick-days.html